abú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "abu"

Irish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbˠuː/

Interjection

abú!

1. hooray, up with, forever

   Corcaigh abú! ― Cork 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
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “abó!, abú!”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “abú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “abú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.