athrú

Irish

Alternative forms
  • áthrú
  • athrughadh (superseded)

Etymology

From athraigh +‎ -ú

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈahɾˠuː/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑɾˠuː/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈaːɾˠuː/

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
    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

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
  • bainistíocht athruithe (“change management”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
athrú n-athrú hathrú t-athrú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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