arcu
See also: arcú
AromanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin arcus. Compare Romanian arc.
NounEdit
arcu n (plural arcuri or artsi/artse)
- bow (weapon)
SynonymsEdit
See alsoEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
arcu m (plural arcos)
Derived termsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arcū
Old IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi, cognate to Welsh erchi and more distantly Latin posco. Other forms of this verb mainly survive in derivatives formed with com-; see Related terms for these.
VerbEdit
arcu
- I beseech
Usage notesEdit
- Arcu is almost always used with the fossilized noun fuin (cognate to Latin venia) as its direct object. The beseeched person is indicated by prepositional constructions with either imm or do.
InflectionEdit
All inflections except the first-person singular present absolute were already lost by Old Irish times.
Simple, class B I present
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| Present indicative | Abs. | arcu; arco | |||||||
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| Perfect | Deut. | ||||||||
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| Future | Abs. | ||||||||
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| Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
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Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arcu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
SicilianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
arcu m (plural archi)