kāre

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kare"

Latvian

Kāre (2)

Etymology 1

Related to Latvian kārs, see there for more information.

Noun

kāre f (5th declension)

1. (usually singular) craving, desire, appetite

Declension

Declension of kāre (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	kāre	kāres
genitive	kāres	kāru
dative	kārei	kārēm
accusative	kāri	kāres
instrumental	kāri	kārēm
locative	kārē	kārēs
vocative	kāre	kāres

See also

• kārs (“hungry, covetous, craving”)
• kārot (“to crave”)
• kārdināt (“to tempt”, causative)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Lithuanian korys, see there for more.

Noun

kāre f (5th declension)

1. (countable) honeycomb

Declension

Declension of kāre (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	kāre	kāres
genitive	kāres	kāru
dative	kārei	kārēm
accusative	kāri	kāres
instrumental	kāri	kārēm
locative	kārē	kārēs
vocative	kāre	kāres

Pali

Noun

kāre

1. inflection of kāra (“doing”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural
2. vocative singular of kārā (“gaol”)

Tocharian A

Noun

kāre m

1. sword

Tocharian B

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoh₁ro-.

Noun

kāre m

1. hole, pit