chomh
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish com- (equative prefix), from Old Irish com-. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cho and Welsh cyn (“before”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /xoː/, /xo/, /xɔ/[1]
- (Galway) IPA(key): /xoː/, /xo/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /xʊ/, /xɑː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /koː/ (corresponding to alternative form cómh)
Adverb
[edit]chomh (triggers h-prothesis)
- as (followed by le before a noun phrase and agus or is before a clause)
- Bhí a gúna chomh geal le sneachta.
- Her gown was as white as snow.
- D’fhreagair mé chomh fírinneach agus a tháinig liom
- I answered as truthfully as I could.
- so
- Níl sé chomh láidir sin.
- He is not so strong.
- how
- Chomh hard leis!
- How tall he is!
Derived terms
[edit]- chomh luath agus (“as soon as”)
- chomh luath agus is féidir (“as soon as possible”)
- chomh maith (“also, as well”)
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 32
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 com-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 171