adj
in front of: c.¤ caich `before every one',
Thes. i 713.28
.
roherbadh do cethnait comhair a tighe techt ina lías,
Ériu
xiii 27.21
.
c.¤ .i. a farrad,
O'Dav. 576
citing this ex. c.¤ a
taeib `overagainst',
RC xii 66 § 33
.
Us. with prec. prep. (a)
with, accompanying
(us. i n-):
céle cháich i gcomhair a choimdhedha,
Ériu xiii 20.3
. hi
comuir for moethloingsich `in the company of',
Blathm. 23
.
faccaib a chailg inna c.¤
,
Vita Br. 13
.
i ndáil a hinailte boí i
c.¤ C.C. i ndormainecht,
LU 4695
(TBC). an ball fil am
c[h].¤-si `in my charge'(?),
BColm. 92.20
.
(b) in front of, in the presence of (ar (for), do, fo, fri, i n-,
ós): for c.¤ a craidhe `opposite his heart,'
CCath. 2027
.
ar a
ch.¤ immach,
MU² 451
. ar comuir na náo
around(?),
Rosa Angl. 56.12
.
diúltadh ar a chomhair féin ag gach focal
díobh,
Bard. Synt. Tr. 4.14
`i.e. each has its own neg.',
111
.
do comhair an inaidh over against the place,
BCC 156 (160.9)
.
gonfat cach fom' comhair I shall slay all before me,
BB
426b43
.
atú fad chomhair,
Dán Dé iii 12
. rongabh re c.¤
a chnis he took Him to his body,
RC xxxvii 348 § 62
.
tic . . .
co mboí hi c.¤ na hingini,
LU 10440
.
ind rāith i c.¤ in dairḟeda,
Misc. Hib. 25.3
.
ina c.¤
,
BB 497a31
. ticed si im choma[i]r-se
co M. to meet me,
ACL iii 309.22
. as do chomhair `before
thee',
Fl. Earls 116.6
.
ós cómhair cháich,
Oss. vi 14.3
.
(c) for (the purpose of), in preparation for, with a view to
(ar, fo, i n-): ar c.¤ cacha cóicid to deal with(?),
MU² 10
.
ar c.¤ na troda da thornem in order to abate,
Ann. Conn.
1315.11
.
bean fad chomhair do cumadh,
Dán Dé vii 21
.
na pianta . . . do bhi ullamh fa chómhair luchta an uabhair,
ZCP iv 400.8
. boi iasg lais fo c.¤ C. (a guest),
BNnÉ 110 § 42
.
fa c.¤ na tíre d'arccain,
AFM iii 232.9
. téiged cách na ch.¤
chucu for it (i.e. battle),
LL 37705
. robūi a c.¤ fritholma na
foirne `kept watching the crew',
Fianaig. 72.6
.
Dia féin a
comhair a chrochtha,
IGT Decl. ex. 1102
.
a c.¤ in brātha
do mhétugad,
RC xxiv 378.22
.
With added prep.:
hi c.¤ dond insi sin,
Anecd. iii 68.7
. i
gcomhair leat `on your side',
Content. xvi 120
.
See cóir 9 and
Párl. na mB. Gloss
. ? Note also: co tu[d]caid la taob in mara co comor treibe Ocind `as far as opposite',
Dinds. 26
=
c.¤
,
BB 365a33
.
co comuir mara Adriat,
Rawl.
78a45
(cf. commar).
In phr. cinn ch.¤
see 1 cenn.
Various:
dobeir . . . mo cenn a comhair cétḟuilt (: Codhail),
Prolegomena 45 § 23
. an comhair do bai F. ┐ D. a comrag
`while',
Hy Fiach. 96.11
.
masa c.¤ (chomrain, comhrair,
comruin, v.ll.) conaigi / cruides ecna runmair,
ZCP xiv 72.11
.
erig didu on ch.¤ a naimsir thesbaid,
YBL 85a19
(text uncertain).