urú

See also: uru, Uru, URU, ūru, Uru., úrú, ürü, and Appendix:Variations of "uru"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ur- (“before, over”) +‎ dubhadh (“blackening, darkening”). Synchronically analyzable as uraigh +‎ -ú, though etymologically the verb is a back-formation from the verbal noun.

Pronunciation

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)
  • urú fáinneach m (“annular eclipse”)
  • urú na gealaí m (“lunar eclipse”)
  • urú na gréine m (“solar eclipse”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • "urú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “airdubad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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.
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