Qua reとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

quare (comparative quarer, superlative quarest)

1. (dated, Ireland, Appalachia, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange.

   I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.

   • 1956, Brendan Behan, The Quare Fellow, page 60:

     Look, the quare fellow’s got to be buried in the morning, whether we like it or not, so cut the mullarkey and get back to work.

2. (Ireland, used for emphasis) A lot of, very, great.

   He'd brought a quare amount of money with him.

参考

語源

quā (“by what”) +‎ rē (“about, anent, with reference to”), ablative of rēs (“thing, matter, topic”).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈkʷaː.reː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈkʷaː.re]

副詞

quārē (not comparable)

1. (interrogative) by what means, how
   1. (relative) by which means, by means of which, whereby
2. (interrogative) from what cause, on what account, why, wherefore

   Odī et amō, quārē id faciam, fortasse requiris; nesciō, sed fieri sentiō et excrucior.

   I hate and I love. Why I do this perhaps you ask. I do not know, but I sense that it happens and I am tormented.

   1. (relative) therefore, and so, hence, for this reason, for which reason

      Inveniuntur enim praeter amnem mirae villae et horti, qui a regibus Franciae in XVI° saeculo structi sunt: quare Liger hodie saepe regale flumen vocatur.

      However, besides rivers/streams are found marvelous estates and gardens, which were constructed by kings of France during the 16th century: which is why the Loire today is often called a royal river.

      Quare quassato corpore neque frigora neque aestus facile tolerabat.

      Hence, because of his delicate health, he could easily tolerate neither cold nor hot conditions.

同意語

• (by what means, how): quōmodo
• (why, wherefore): cūr

派生した語

• Aragonese: car
• Catalan: car
• Esperanto: ĉar
• Occitan: car
• Franco-Provençal: quar
• Old French: quer
  • French: car
• Portuguese: cá (archaic)
• Spanish: car (archaic)

参照

• “quare”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “quare”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.