arú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aru"

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish arbu.

Alternative forms

• arthú (Ulster)
• arthughadh, arughadh (obsolete)
• athrughadh (from a mistaken association with athrú (“changing”, verbal noun))
• eirfidh (South Ulster, Meath)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /əˈɾˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾˠu/

Particle

arú

1. used with words denoting a unit of time in the past or future to indicate one unit further away from the present; see derived terms

Alternative forms

• arbhú (obsolete)

Derived terms

• arú amárach (“day after tomorrow”)
• arú anuraidh (“year before last”)
• arú aréir (“night before last”)
• arú inné (“day before yesterday”)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• ara

Interjection

arú!

1. ah!
2. no
3. so! indeed!

Alternative forms

• airiú

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ara”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 37
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṫruġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 44
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arbu (‘day before yesterday etc.’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “arú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024