arú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aru"
Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish arbu.[1]
Alternative forms
- arthú (Ulster)
- arthughadh, arughadh (obsolete)
- athrughadh (from a mistaken association with athrú (“changing”, verbal noun))
- eirfidh (South Ulster, Meath)
Pronunciation
Particle
arú
- used with words denoting a unit of time in the past or future to indicate one unit further away from the present; see derived terms
Alternative forms
- arbhú (obsolete)
Derived terms
- arú amárach (“day after tomorrow”)
- arú anuraidh (“year before last”)
- arú aréir (“night before last”)
- arú inné (“day before yesterday”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṫruġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 44
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “arú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Etymology 2
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Alternative forms
Interjection
arú!
Alternative forms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ara”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 37
- “arú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arbu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language