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• urdhubhadh (superseded)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)

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

   Synonym: éiclips

3. (linguistics) eclipsis, nasalization

Declension

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 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.