arú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aru"
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish arbu.
Alternative forms edit
- arthú (Ulster)
- arthughadh, arughadh (obsolete)
- athrughadh (from a mistaken association with athrú (“changing”, verbal noun))
- eirfidh (South Ulster, Meath)
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
arú
- used with words denoting a unit of time in the past or future to indicate one unit further away from the present; see derived terms
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- arú amárach (“day after tomorrow”)
- arú anuraidh (“year before last”)
- arú aréir (“night before last”)
- arú inné (“day before yesterday”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms edit
Interjection edit
arú!
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ara”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 37
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṫruġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 44
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arbu (‘day before yesterday etc.’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “arú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “arú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.