carful

English

Etymology

From Middle English carful (“cartful”), equivalent to car +‎ -ful. Shift in meaning follows that of "cart" to modern senses of car. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koareful (“a cartful”), West Frisian karfol (“a cartful”), German Karrevoll (“a cartful”).

Noun

carful (plural carfuls or carsful)

1. As much as a car will hold. (Usually with reference to an automobile; sometimes with reference to a railroad car, especially in 19th-century texts.)

   Coordinate terms: carload (sometimes synonymous); busful, planeful, trailerful, truckful, vanful, wagonful

   Tourists were arriving by the carful.

Anagrams

• fulcra, furcal

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċearful

Etymology

From caru +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑr.ful/

Adjective

carful

1. anxious
2. careful
3. mindful
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"

     Drusiana þa ārās swilce of slæpe āwreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām ġewende.

     Drusiana then arose as if from sleep awakened, and, mindful of the apostle's command, returned home.

Declension

Declension of carful — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carful	carful	carful
Accusative	carfulne	carfulle	carful
Genitive	carfulles	carfulre	carfulles
Dative	carfullum	carfulre	carfullum
Instrumental	carfulle	carfulre	carfulle
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carfulle	carfulla, carfulle	carful
Accusative	carfulle	carfulla, carfulle	carful
Genitive	carfulra	carfulra	carfulra
Dative	carfullum	carfullum	carfullum
Instrumental	carfullum	carfullum	carfullum

Declension of carful — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carfulla	carfulle	carfulle
Accusative	carfullan	carfullan	carfulle
Genitive	carfullan	carfullan	carfullan
Dative	carfullan	carfullan	carfullan
Instrumental	carfullan	carfullan	carfullan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carfullan	carfullan	carfullan
Accusative	carfullan	carfullan	carfullan
Genitive	carfulra, carfullena	carfulra, carfullena	carfulra, carfullena
Dative	carfullum	carfullum	carfullum
Instrumental	carfullum	carfullum	carfullum

Derived terms

• carfullīċe

Descendants

• Middle English: careful
  • English: careful