comhair
Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish comair (“in front of”).[2]
Noun
editcomhair
- Only used in faoi chomhair, i gcomhair, and os comhair
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coṁair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 171
Etymology 2
editPossibly a back-formation from comhaireamh (“count; calculation, reckoning”), from comh- (“common, collective”) + áireamh (“count, counting, enumeration”).[3]
Verb
editcomhair (present analytic comhaireann, future analytic comhairfidh, verbal noun comhaireamh, past participle comhairthe)
Conjugation
editconjugation 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
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coṁairṁim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 172
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “comhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editcomhair m pl
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
comhair | chomhair | gcomhair |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 415, page 229
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comáirmid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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