comhair
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish comair (“in front of”).
Noun
[edit]comhair
- Only used in faoi chomhair, i gcomhair, and os comhair
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coṁair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 171
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly a back-formation from comhaireamh (“count; calculation, reckoning”), from comh- (“common, collective”) + áireamh (“count, counting, enumeration”).
Verb
[edit]comhair (present analytic comhaireann, future analytic comhairfidh, verbal noun comhaireamh, past participle comhairthe)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of comhair (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]comhair m pl
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
comhair | chomhair | gcomhair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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