abú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "abu"
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
abú!
Usage notes edit
Placed after a noun to indicate support for that thing.
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
abú m (genitive singular abaithe)
Declension edit
Declension of abú
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
abú | n-abú | habú | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “abó!, abú!”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “abú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “abú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.