abú

See also: abu, Abu, .abu, a bu, and a-bú

Irish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbˠuː/

Interjection

abú!

1. hooray, up with, forever

   an Dún abú! ― Down forever!

Usage notes

Placed after a noun to indicate support for that thing.

Alternative forms

• abó

Etymology 2

Noun

abú m (genitive singular abaithe)

1. verbal noun of abaigh

Declension

Declension of abú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative abú Vocative a abú Genitive abaithe Dative abú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-abú Genitive an abaithe Dative leis an abú don abú

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “abú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “abó!, abú!”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “abú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “abú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024