coimhearp

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• coimhearsp, coimhearps, comharspa, coidhirp

Etymology

co- +‎ earbsa

Noun

coimhearp f (genitive singular coimhirp)

1. competing, rivalry, competition

   Synonym: co-fharpais

2. arguing
3. controversy
4. In conjunction with the preposition air: co-operating
5. The principle of striving to be "no better than one's neighbours"; a principle of Hebridean crofting communities akin to the Law of Jante.

Further reading

• Rev. Fr. Allan Macdonald, Gaelic Words and Expressions from South Uist and Eriskay