-ú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [uː]

Suffix

-ú

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) Added to a noun to form an adjective denoting possession or similarity. It requires a preceding adjective or a compound structure. Similar in function as the English -ed.
    nagy (“láb”) + láb (“foot”) → nagy lábú ember (“a man with big feet / a big-footed man”)
    vörös (“red”) + haj (“hair”) → vörös hajú (“redheaded”)

Usage notes
  • Harmonic variants:
    -ú is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ű is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -jú is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -jű is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

Derived terms
Hungarian adjectives suffixed with -ú

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Irish

Etymology 1

From -aigh +‎ -adh.

Alternative forms
  • -iú (slender form)
  • -ughadh (obsolete)

Suffix

-ú m

  1. Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in -aigh.
    ‎tosaigh (“begin”) + ‎-ú → ‎tosú (“commencement”)
    ‎uraigh (“eclipse”, verb) + ‎-ú → ‎urú (“eclipse”, noun)
Declension
Declension of -ú

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -ú -uithe
Vocative a -ú a -uithe
Genitive -aithe -uithe
Dative -ú -uithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an -ú na -uithe
Genitive an -aithe na -uithe
Dative leis an -ú

don -ú

 leis na -uithe
Derived terms
Irish terms suffixed with -ú (verbal noun)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish -mad, from Proto-Celtic *-metos; compare Welsh -fed. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic -amh.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ú

  1. -th (suffix forming ordinal numbers)
    ‎ocht (“eight”) + ‎-ú → ‎ochtú (“eighth”)
Derived terms
Irish terms suffixed with -ú (ordinal)
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