urú

See also: uru, Uru, URU, ūru, Uru., úrú, ürü, and Appendix:Variations of "uru"

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IrishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• urdhubhadh (superseded)

EtymologyEdit

From ur- (“before, over”) +‎ dubhadh (“blackening, darkening”). Synchronically analyzable as uraigh +‎ -ú, though etymologically the verb is a back-formation from the verbal noun.

PronunciationEdit

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʊɾˠuː/

NounEdit

urú m (genitive singular uraithe, nominative plural uruithe)

1. verbal noun of uraigh
2. (astronomy) eclipse

   Synonym: éiclips

3. (linguistics) eclipsis, nasalization

DeclensionEdit

Declension of urú

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative urú uruithe Vocative a urú a uruithe Genitive uraithe uruithe Dative urú uruithe

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-urú na huruithe Genitive an uraithe na n-uruithe Dative leis an urú don urú leis na huruithe

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• cuir faoi urú (“eclipse”, verb)

• urú fáinneach m (“annular eclipse”)

• urú na gealaí m (“lunar eclipse”)

• urú na gréine m (“solar eclipse”)

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
urú	n-urú	hurú	t-urú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

• "urú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “airdubad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “urú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “urú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.