arcu
See also: arcú
Aromanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin arcus. Compare Romanian arc.
Noun edit
arcu n (plural arcuri or artsi/artse)
- bow (weapon)
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arcu m (plural arcos)
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.kuː/, [ˈärkuː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ku/, [ˈärku]
Noun edit
arcū
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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.
Verb edit
arcu
- I beseech
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Inflection edit
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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| Present subjunctive | Abs. | ||||||||
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arcu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arcu m (plural archi)