comharba
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish comarba, from Old Irish comarbbae.
Noun
[edit]comharba m (genitive singular comharba, nominative plural comharbaí)
- (ecclesiastic, historical) A title given to the designated successor of the founder of a religious institution.
- successor; inheritor
Descendants
[edit]- English: coarb
References
[edit]- 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
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃erbʰ-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
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