urrús

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.