athrú

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From athraigh +‎ -ú.

Pronunciation

Noun

athrú m (genitive singular athraithe, nominative plural athruithe)

  1. verbal noun of athraigh: changing
    Tá mian liom mo chuid éadaigh a athrú.
    I would like to change clothes.
  2. change, alteration
    athrú fóineolaíochta ― phonological change
    Tháinig athrú mór air ó chonaic mé é go deireanach.
    He has changed a lot since the last time I saw him.
  3. variation
  4. (mathematics) reduction
  5. (linguistics) mutation
    athrú tosaigh ― initial mutation

Declension

Declension of athrú (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative athrú athruithe
vocative a athrú a athruithe
genitive athraithe athruithe
dative athrú athruithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-athrú na hathruithe
genitive an athraithe na n-athruithe
dative leis an athrú
don athrú 		leis na hathruithe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of athrú
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
athrú n-athrú hathrú t-athrú

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

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