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comhair.

only used in faoi chomhair, i gcomhair, and os comhair

7 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/koːɾʲ/Munster/kuːɾʲ/Connacht/kɔːɾʲ/Ulster
  1. only used in faoi chomhair, i gcomhair, and os comhair

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish comair (“in front of”).

verb/koːɾʲ/Munster/kuːɾʲ/Connacht/kɔːɾʲ/Ulster
  1. to count

    ambitransitive
  2. to calculate

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

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

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