comharba

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish comarba, from Old Irish comarbbae.

Noun

comharba m (genitive singular comharba, nominative plural comharbaí)

1. (ecclesiastic, historical) A title given to the designated successor of the founder of a religious institution.
2. successor; inheritor

Descendants

• English: coarb

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comarba”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comarb(b)ae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comharba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN