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Meaning of -ú | Babel Free

Phrase masculine CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Regular verbal noun of second-conjugation verbs, notably verbs in -aigh.
    masculine, morpheme
  2. -th (suffix forming ordinal numbers)
    morpheme

Examples

“tosaigh (“begin”) + -ú → tosú (“commencement”)”
“uraigh (“eclipse”, verb) + -ú → urú (“eclipse”, noun)”
“ocht (“eight”) + -ú → ochtú (“eighth”)”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

-uidhe -úil -úint -únas -úr ⁊rl.

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