comhair

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish comair (in front of).

Noun

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comhair

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

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Possibly a back-formation from comhaireamh (count; calculation, reckoning), from comh- (common, collective) +‎ áireamh (count, counting, enumeration).

Verb

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comhair (present analytic comhaireann, future analytic comhairfidh, verbal noun comhaireamh, past participle comhairthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) count
  2. (transitive, intransitive) calculate
Conjugation
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Further reading

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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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comhair m pl

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

Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 415 (p. 229f.) and p. 321