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

  1. Only used in faoi chomhair, i gcomhair, and os comhair

Further reading[edit]

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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) count
  2. (transitive, intransitive) calculate
Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

comhair m pl

  1. inflection of comhar:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

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.