comhthreomhar

Irish

Etymology

From comhthreo +‎ -mhar.

Adjective

comhthreomhar (genitive singular masculine comhthreomhair, genitive singular feminine comhthreomhaire, plural comhthreomhara, not comparable)

1. parallel

Declension

Declension of comhthreomhar

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	comhthreomhar	chomhthreomhar	comhthreomhara; chomhthreomhara2
vocative	chomhthreomhair		comhthreomhara
genitive		comhthreomhaire	comhthreomhara	comhthreomhar
dative	comhthreomhar; chomhthreomhar1	chomhthreomhar; chomhthreomhair (archaic)	comhthreomhara; chomhthreomhara2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• comhthreomhaireacht (“parallelism”)
• comhthreomharán (“parallelogram”)
• comhthreomharóid (“parallelepiped”)
• páirceáil chomhthreomhar (“parallel parking”)
• rialóir comhthreomhar

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhthreomhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhthreomhar	chomhthreomhar	gcomhthreomhar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhthreomhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “comhthreomhar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “comhthreomhar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026