chomh

Irish

Alternative forms

• comh
• cómh
• chómh

Etymology

From Middle Irish com- (equative prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoː/, /xo/, /xə/

Adverb

chomh (triggers h-prothesis)

1. as (followed by le before a noun phrase and agus or is before a clause)

   Bhí a gúna chomh geal le sneachta.

   Her gown was as white as snow.

   D’fhreagair mé chomh fírinneach agus a tháinig liom

   I answered as truthfully as I could.

2. so

   Níl sé chomh láidir sin.

   He is not so strong.

3. how

   Chomh hard leis!

   How tall he is!

Derived terms

• chomh luath agus (“as soon as”)
• chomh luath agus is féidir (“as soon as possible”)
• chomh maith (“also, as well”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 com-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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