abú

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "abu"

Irish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic in origin, first attested in the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

Noun

abú m (genitive singular abaithe)

  1. verbal noun of abaigh
Declension
Declension of abú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
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

Mutated forms of abú
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
abú n-abú habú not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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