caur

From the adverb cauri, from the same stem as the adjective caurs (“having a hole”) (q.v.).[1]

• IPA^(key): [tsāūɾ]

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caur (with accusative)

1. 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

2. through (simultaneously with, alternating with)

   smaidīt caur asāram ― to smile through the tears

   viņi runāja cits caur citu ― they talked through each other (= at the same time)

3. through, via (with someone's help or participation)

   saņemt ziņas caur tēvu ― to receive news through / via (one's) father

• caurredzams, caurredzamība
• caurspīdīgs, caurspīdīgums, caurspīdība
• caurums

• cauri
• caurs

• cur

From Proto-Celtic *karuts, cognate with the Germanic tribal name Charudes.

• IPA^(key): /kau̯r/

caur m (genitive curad or caurad, nominative plural curaid or cauraid)

1. hero, warrior

• c. 1100, Táin Bó Cúailnge (Strachan 1944, p 6):

  Luid Conchobar íarum ⁊ cóeca cairptech imbi do neoch ba ṡruithem ⁊ ba airegdam inna caurad.

  Then he set off together and fifty chariot-warriors around him, from anyone who was the noblest and most illustrious of the heroes.

• c. 1160, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 15:

  Fo chích curad / crechtaig, cathbuadaig, at comsa mac Findchoeme frim. […] Magen curad, / cride n-ega, eithre n-ela, / eirr trén tressa, trethan ágach, / cain tarb tnúthach.

  Under the breast of the hero / covered in wounds, victorious in battle, you are the son of Findchoem who is equal to me. […] Dwelling of a hero, / heart of ice, plumage of a swan / strong chariot-hero of battle, warlike sea, / beautiful fierce bull.

• curadmír (“warrior’s portion”)

• Irish: curadh

• “caur” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• 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.

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ceàrr (“wrong, incorrect, immoral, astray; left”), from Old Irish cerr (“crooked, wry, maimed”).

• IPA^(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr]
• (Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [kaːr], [keːr], [kɛr]

caur (not comparable)

1. left, left-handed
2. awkward

• caurie

• caur-haundit (“left-handed”)

From Middle English carre, from Anglo-Norman carre, from Latin carra, neuter plural of carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”).

• IPA^(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr]
• (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [kaːr]

caur (plural caurs)

1. car

• motorcaur (“motorcar”)
• tramcaur (“tramcar”)
• (Ulster) trottle-caur (“a low vehicle for moving hay”)

• IPA^(key): [kɑːr], [kɔːr]
• (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [kaːr]

caur

1. plural of cauf