Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish comáirem (act of counting), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (number). By surface analysis, comh- (common, collective) +‎ áireamh (count, counting, enumeration) and comhair +‎ -amh.

Noun edit

comhaireamh m (genitive singular as substantive comhairimh, genitive as verbal noun comhairthe, nominative plural comhairimh)

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

Declension edit

(as verbal noun):

Synonyms edit

Mutation edit

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.

Further reading edit