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comhaireamh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish comáirem (act of counting), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (number). By surface analysis, comh- (common, collective) +‎ áireamh (count, counting, enumeration) and comhair +‎ -amh.

Noun

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comhaireamh m (genitive singular as substantive comhairimh, genitive as verbal noun comhairthe, nominative plural comhairimh)

  1. verbal noun of comhair
  2. count, (act of) counting; calculation, reckoning

Declension

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Declension of comhaireamh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative comhaireamh comhairimh
vocative a chomhairimh a chomhaireamha
genitive comhairimh comhaireamh
dative comhaireamh comhairimh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an comhaireamh na comhairimh
genitive an chomhairimh na gcomhaireamh
dative leis an gcomhaireamh
don chomhaireamh
leis na comhairimh

(as verbal noun):

Declension of comhaireamh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative comhaireamh
vocative a chomhaireamh
genitive comhairthe
dative comhaireamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an comhaireamh
genitive an chomhairthe
dative leis an gcomhaireamh
don chomhaireamh

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of comhaireamh
radical lenition eclipsis
comhaireamh chomhaireamh gcomhaireamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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