urrús

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aurradus (“native law; leadership, supremacy; suretyship; guaranty”), from aurrae, aurrad (compare modern urra).

Noun

urrús m (genitive singular urrúis, nominative plural urrúis)

  1. security, guarantee
  2. strength, prowess
  3. confidence, assurance; forwardness

Declension
Declension of urrús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative urrús urrúis
Vocative a urrúis a urrúsa
Genitive urrúis urrús
Dative urrús urrúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-urrús na hurrúis
Genitive an urrúis na n-urrús
Dative leis an urrús

don urrús

 leis na hurrúis

Derived terms
  • urrúsach (“strong; confident, assured; forward”, adjective)
  • urrúsacht f (“confidence, assurance; forwardness”)
  • urrúsaigh (“securitize”, verb)
  • urrúsú m (“securitization”)

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

Further reading
  • "urrús" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “guarantee” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “security” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “surety” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “aurradus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “aurrae, aurrad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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