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)

  1. verbal noun of comhair
  2. count, (act of) counting; calculation, reckoning

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
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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