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Irish
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.
Pronunciation
Interjection
abú!
- hooray, up with, forever
- Corcaigh abú! ― Cork forever!
Usage notes
Placed after a noun to indicate support for that thing.
Etymology 2
Noun
abú m (genitive singular abaithe)
- verbal noun of abaigh
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| abú
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n-abú
|
habú
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- 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
- “abú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024