comhar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish comar, verbal noun of con·air.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kõːɾˠ/[1]

Noun

comhar m (genitive singular comhair, nominative plural comhair)

combined work, mutual assistance
cooperation, partnership

Declension

Declension of comhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	comhar	comhair
Vocative	a chomhair	a chomhara
Genitive	comhair	comhar
Dative	comhar	comhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an comhar	na comhair
Genitive	an chomhair	na gcomhar
Dative	leis an gcomhar don chomhar	leis na comhair

Derived terms

comharchumann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhar	chomhar	gcomhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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