os comhair

Irish

Pronunciation

Preposition

os comhair (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. in front of, opposite

Inflection

Inflection of os comhair
Person: simple emphatic
singular first os mo chomhair os mo chomhairse
second os do chomhair os do chomhairse
third m os a chomhair os a chomhairsean
f os a comhair os a comhairse
plural first os ár gcomhair os ár gcomhairne
second os bhur gcomhair os bhur gcomhairse
third os a gcomhair os a gcomhairsean

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, section 133, page 101
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 167

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coṁair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 2341; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN