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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish com-, from Proto-Celtic *kom-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with”). Compare Welsh cyf-, Latin com-.
Prefix
comh-
- mutual, joint, common; co-
- fellow-
- equal
- close, near
- full, complete, uniform
- (botany) gamo-
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| comh-
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chomh-
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gcomh-
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comh-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “com-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language