(rói-)

, intensive prefix (aspirates), much, very, great, exceeding, very much, very great; too,too much; in sp. l. ró- in sense of "very" is rare, it is common in poetry, as ar maidin go ró-mhoch, very early in the morning; but tá sé ró-mhoch chum éistighthe, it is too early to rise. It seems best to use a hyphen connecting it with adj. when it means very, exceedingly, but to treat it as a separate word when it signifies too. In many prayers in current use ró is used in the sense of very, most, exceedingly, as "an Tríonóid Ró-naomhtha," the Most Holy Trinity, etc.