ró-

• ro- (Cois Fharraige)

From Old Irish ro-, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-, from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate of Welsh rhy-, Old Breton ro- (Breton re-); cognate of English fore, Latin prō. Compare Scottish Gaelic rò-.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɾˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɾˠɔː/

ró-

1. (with adjective) too, overly
2. (with adjective) very (in a negative way)
3. (with verb) over-
4. (with noun) excessive

• This affix is used adverbially before adjectives to indicate excess; it is followed by a hyphen for words beginning with a vowel and triggers lenition in words beginning in a consonant:

  rómhilis ― too sweet

  ró-ársa ― too old

  róthirim ― too dry

  róbheag ― very small, too small

• “2 ro (‘very’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 ró (‘too much’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ró-” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "ró-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.