coimhearp

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === coimhearsp, coimhearps, comharspa, coidhirp === Etymology === co- +‎ oidhirp (“attempt, effort, striving”) === Noun === coimhearp f (genitive singular coimhirp) competing, rivalry, competition Synonym: co-fharpais arguing controversy co-operating [with air (+ dative) ‘on’] 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