comharba

Irish (Donegal)

noun
Definitions
  • (ecclesiastic) A title given to the designated successor of the founder of a religious institution.
  • successor; inheritor

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish comarba inherited from Old Irish comarbbae root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₃erbʰ-

Gloss

change ownership, change allegiance status ownership, change evolve status, orphan, child slave servant

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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