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Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin arcus. Compare Romanian arc.
Noun
arcu n (plural arcuri or artsi/artse)
- bow (weapon)
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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
Noun
arcu m (plural arcos)
- bow (weapon)
- (music) bow (used to play instruments)
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
Derived terms
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
arcū
- ablative singular of arcus
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ɸarsketi, cognate to Welsh erchi and more distantly Latin posco. Other forms of this verb mainly survive in derivatives formed with com-; see Related terms for these.
Verb
arcu
- to beseech
Usage notes
- Arcu is almost always used with the fossilized noun fuin (cognate to Latin venia) as its direct object. The beseeched person is indicated by prepositional constructions with either imm or do.
Inflection
All inflections except the first-person singular present absolute were already lost by Old Irish times.
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arcu; arco
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arcu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Joseph Vendryes, 'Sur La Valeur Religieuse du Latin Venia' (1949), WORD, 5(2), 103–105.
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɾku/
- Hyphenation: àr‧cu
Noun
arcu m (plural archi)
- (weaponry) bow
- (music) bow
- (geometry) arc
- (architecture) arch
Derived terms
See also