cair – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of cair

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to cair
Participle: caired
Gerund: cairing

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of cair

Indicative

Present

Icair
youcair
he;she;itcairs
wecair
youcair
theycair

Perfect

Ihave caired
youhave caired
he;she;ithas caired
wehave caired
youhave caired
theyhave caired

Past

Icaired
youcaired
he;she;itcaired
wecaired
youcaired
theycaired

Pluperfect

Ihad caired
youhad caired
he;she;ithad caired
wehad caired
youhad caired
theyhad caired

Future

Iwill cair
youwill cair
he;she;itwill cair
wewill cair
youwill cair
theywill cair

Future Perfect

Iwill have caired
youwill have caired
he;she;itwill have caired
wewill have caired
youwill have caired
theywill have caired

Subjunctive

Present

Icair
youcair
he;she;itcair
wecair
youcair
theycair

Perfect

Ihave caired
youhave caired
he;she;ithave caired
wehave caired
youhave caired
theyhave caired

Imperfect

Icaired
youcaired
he;she;itcaired
wecaired
youcaired
theycaired

Pluperfect

Ihad caired
youhad caired
he;she;ithad caired
wehad caired
youhad caired
theyhad caired

Conditional

Present

Iwould cair
youwould cair
he;she;itwould cair
wewould cair
youwould cair
theywould cair

Perfect

Iwould have caired
youwould have caired
he;she;itwould have caired
wewould have caired
youwould have caired
theywould have caired

Imperative

youcair
weLet's cair
youcair

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam cairing
youare cairing
he;she;itis cairing
weare cairing
youare cairing
theyare cairing

Perfect

Ihave been cairing
youhave been cairing
he;she;ithas been cairing
wehave been cairing
youhave been cairing
theyhave been cairing

Past

Iwas cairing
youwere cairing
he;she;itwas cairing
wewere cairing
youwere cairing
theywere cairing

Pluperfect

Ihad been cairing
youhad been cairing
he;she;ithad been cairing
wehad been cairing
youhad been cairing
theyhad been cairing

Future

Iwill be cairing
youwill be cairing
he;she;itwill be cairing
wewill be cairing
youwill be cairing
theywill be cairing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been cairing
youwill have been cairing
he;she;itwill have been cairing
wewill have been cairing
youwill have been cairing
theywill have been cairing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be cairing
youwould be cairing
he;she;itwould be cairing
wewould be cairing
youwould be cairing
theywould be cairing

Perfect

Iwould have been cairing
youwould have been cairing
he;she;itwould have been cairing
wewould have been cairing
youwould have been cairing
theywould have been cairing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'cair'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'cair'

air, chair, fair, lair, pair, wair, aid, aik, ail, aim,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char. See: Icelandic 'keyra', Swedish 'köra', Danish 'køre', Norwegian 'kjøre', Norwegian, nynorsk 'køyra'.

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