comhair

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cómhair (superseded) === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /koːɾʲ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /kuːɾʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /kɔːɾʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish comair (“in front of”). ==== Noun ==== comhair only used in faoi chomhair, i gcomhair, and os comhair ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coṁair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 171 === Etymology 2 === Possibly a back-formation from comhaireamh (“count; calculation, reckoning”), from comh- (“common, collective”) +‎ áireamh (“count, counting, enumeration”). ==== Verb ==== comhair (present analytic comhaireann, future analytic comhairfidh, verbal noun comhaireamh, past participle comhairthe) (ambitransitive) to count (ambitransitive) to calculate ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coṁairṁim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 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, 2013–2026 === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== comhair m pl inflection of comhar: vocative/genitive singular nominative/dative plural === Mutation === === References ===