Irish

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

Interjection

arú!

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

Alternative forms

• airiú

References

• "arú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “arbu (‘day before yesterday etc.’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.