arcu

See also: arcú

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin arcus. Compare Romanian arc.

Noun

arcu n (plural arcuri or artsi/artse)

1. bow (weapon)

Synonyms

• duxar

See also

• sãdzeatã

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾku/ [ˈaɾ.ku]
• Rhymes: -aɾku
• Syllabification: ar‧cu

Noun

arcu m (plural arcos)

1. bow (weapon)
2. (music) bow (used to play instruments)
3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch

Derived terms

• arqueru
• arcu iris

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “arcu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “arcu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈar.kuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈar.ku]

Noun

arcū

1. ablative singular of arcus

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• arco

Etymology

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

arcu

1. to beseech

Usage notes

• 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

All inflections except the first-person singular present absolute were already lost by Old Irish times.

Simple, class B I present

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	abs.	arcu; arco
	conj.
	rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
perfect	deut.
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Related terms

• ad·comairc
• díchmairc
• fris·comairc
• imm·comairc
• tochmarc

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arcu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Joseph Vendryes, 'Sur La Valeur Religieuse du Latin Venia' (1949), WORD, 5(2), 103–105.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾku/
• Hyphenation: àr‧cu

Noun

arcu m (plural archi)

1. (weaponry) bow
2. (music) bow
3. (geometry) arc
4. (architecture) arch

Derived terms

• arcu di Nuè
• arcubbalenu

See also

• fileccia
• viulinu