comhaireamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- cómhaireamh
Etymology
From Old Irish comáirem (“act of counting”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (“number”); synchronically, comh- (“common, collective”) + áireamh (“count, counting, enumeration”).
Noun
comhaireamh m (genitive singular comhairimh or comhairthe, nominative plural comhairimh)
- verbal noun of comhair
- count, (act of) counting; calculation, reckoning
Declension
Declension of comhaireamh
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension of comhaireamh
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
comhaireamh | chomhaireamh | gcomhaireamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “comáirem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “cóṁaireaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "comhaireamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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