abú
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "abu"
Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
abú!
Usage notes[edit]
Placed after a noun to indicate support for that thing.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
abú m (genitive singular abaithe)
Declension[edit]
Declension of abú
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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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[edit]
- 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
- Entries containing “abú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.