áu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of áu – see 拗 (“to defy; to disobey; hard to read; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 拗).

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ó

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ausos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːu̯/

Noun

áu n (genitive áue or óe, nominative plural óe or áue)

1. ear (organ of hearing)

   Synonym: clúas

Declension

Neuter s-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	áu, ó	áuN, óN	óeL, áueL
vocative	áu, ó	áuN, óN	óeL, áueL
accusative	áu, ó	áuN, óN	óeL, áueL
genitive	áueH, óeH	áueN, óeN	áueN, óeN
dative	áuiL, oíL	áuib	áuib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: ó

Mutation

Mutation of áu

radical	lenition	nasalization
áu (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-áu

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 ó”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language