urú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "uru"
Irish
Alternative forms
- urdhubhadh (superseded)
Etymology
From ur- (“before, over”) + dubhadh (“blackening, darkening”). By surface analysis, uraigh + -ú, though etymologically the verb is a back-formation from the verbal noun.
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈʊɾˠuː/
Noun
urú m (genitive singular uraithe, nominative plural uruithe)
- verbal noun of uraigh
- (astronomy) eclipse
- Synonym: éiclips
- (linguistics) eclipsis, nasalization
Declension
Declension of urú
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cuir faoi urú (“eclipse”, verb)
- páirturú
- urú fáinneach
- urú na gealaí (“lunar eclipse”)
- urú na gréine (“solar eclipse”)
Mutation
| 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 reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “urú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airdubad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 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.
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