ro-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ro"

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾˠə/

Prefix

ro-

  1. Cois Fharraige form of ró-

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro (“forth, forward”), from the root *per- (“to go forth, cross”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πρό (pró), Latin prō, and Old English fram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r͈o/

Prefix

ro-

  1. indicates a perfective aspect
  2. indicates possibility or ability
  3. sometimes used with the subjunctive mood with no clear change in meaning

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_prefixed_with_ro-'>Old Irish words prefixed with ro-</a>

References

  • Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), pp. 339–43

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

See ro.

Prefix

ro-

  1. pre-

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Scottish_Gaelic_words_prefixed_with_ro-'>Scottish Gaelic words prefixed with ro-</a>
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