comharba
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish comarba, from Old Irish comarbbae.
Noun
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
- English: coarb
References
- “comarba” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “comarb(b)ae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "comharba" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.