urú
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
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
NounEdit
urú m (genitive singular uraithe, nominative plural uruithe)
- verbal noun of uraigh
- (astronomy) eclipse
- (linguistics) eclipsis, nasalization
DeclensionEdit
Declension of urú
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from urú
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MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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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.