caur

== Latvian == === Etymology === From the adverb cauri, from the same stem as the adjective caurs (“having a hole”) (q.v.). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tsāūɾ] === Preposition === caur (with accusative) through (indicating movement through something else) jāt caur mežu ― to ride through the forest līst caur žogu ― to sneak through the fence saule iespīdēja caur logu ― the sun shone through the window elpot caur degunu, caur muti ― to breathe through the nose, through the mouth through (simultaneously with, alternating with) smaidīt caur asarām ― to smile through the tears viņi runāja cits caur citu ― they talked through each other (= at the same time) through, via (with someone's help or participation) saņemt ziņas caur tēvu ― to receive news through / via (one's) father ==== Derived terms ==== caurredzams, caurredzamība caurspīdīgs, caurspīdīgums, caurspīdība caurums ==== Related terms ==== cauri caurs === References === == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *kawaros, cognate with the Germanic tribal name Charudes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkau̯ɾ/ === Noun === caur m (genitive caurad, nominative plural cauraid) hero, warrior c. 1100, Táin Bó Cúailnge (Strachan 1944, p 6): ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: curIrish: curadh === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Matasović, Ranko (2009), “kawaro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 196 Strachan, John, ed. (1944), Stories from the Táin. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. == Scots == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ceàrr (“wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray; left”), from Old Irish cerr (“crooked, wry, maimed”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr] (Northern Scots) IPA(key): [kaːr], [keːr], [kɛr] ==== Adjective ==== caur (not comparable) left, left-handed awkward ===== Synonyms ===== caurie ===== Derived terms ===== caur-haundit (“left-handed”) === Etymology 2 === From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr] (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [kaːr] ==== Noun ==== caur (plural caurs) car ===== Derived terms ===== motorcaur (“motorcar”) tramcaur (“tramcar”) (Ulster) trottle-caur (“a low vehicle for moving hay”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr] (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [kaːr] ==== Noun ==== caur plural of cauf