caraid

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɾˠədʲ/^[1][2], /ˈkaɾˠədʲ/^[3][4], (Cois Fharraige) [ˈkaːɾˠədʲ]^[5]

caraid

1. (archaic, dialectal) inflection of cara:
   1. dative singular
   2. nominative plural

caraid m (genitive singular carad, nominative plural cairde)

1. Connacht and Ulster form of cara (“friend”)

The historical form a chara can also be used as the vocative.^[2]

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caraid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Celtic *karāti (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarɨðʲ]

caraid (conjunct ·cara, verbal noun serc or carthain)

1. to love
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^d10

     nob·carad glosses uos desiderabat

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^b31

     Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch⟨í⟩all les isindí as emulari in sin.

     Though another may possess what you may desire and you may however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^b39

     Ad·n‑amraigther .i. no·n‑étaigther .i. ad·cosnae són nó no·carae

     that you sg may admire, i.e. that you may emulate i.e. that you may strive after or love

• carae

• Irish: car

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 481

From Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Irish cara, Manx carrey), from Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂-ro-s (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaɾɪtʲ/

caraid m (genitive singular caraid, plural càirdean or caraidean)

1. friend

   Bu tu fhèin an caraid is cha b’ e sin a h-uile caraid. ― You’re an extraordinary friend.

   Cha chall na gheibh caraid. ― It is no loss what a friend gains.

   Is e an caraid caraid na crùthaig. ― A friend (to one) in need is a friend indeed.

2. relative, cousin

• The vocative form is used when addressing people in correspondence:

  “A Charaid, ...” ― “Dear Sir, ...”

  “A Chàirdean, ...” ― “Dear Sirs, ...”

  “A Sheumais, a charaid, ...” ― “Dear James, ...”

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “caraid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN