kara

kara Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `punishment'

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Church Slavic:

kara `quarrel' [f ā]

Russian:

kára (rhet.) `punishment, retribution' [f ā]

Ukrainian:

kára `punishment, retribution, anger' [f ā]

Czech:

kára (arch.) `punishment, retribution' [f ā]

Slovak:

kára (arch.) `punishment, retribution' [f ā]

Polish:

kara `punishment, retribution' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

kára `punishment, quarrel' [f ā]

Lithuanian:

kãras `war' [m o] \{1\}

Indo-European reconstruction: kor-

Other cognates:

Gk. κάρνη (Hesych.) `penalty' [f];

OIr. caire `blame, disapproval' [f];

W caire `blame, disapproval' [f]

Notes:

\{1\} The etymological connection with PSl. *korъ, *kara is uncertain.