coimhearp

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • coimhearsp, coimhearps, comharspa, coidhirp

Etymology

co- +‎ earbsa

Noun

coimhearp f (genitive singular coimhirp)

  1. competing, rivalry, competition
    Synonym: co-fharpais
  2. arguing
  3. controversy
  4. In conjunction with the preposition air: co-operating
  5. The principle of striving to be "no better than one's neighbours"; a principle of Hebridean crofting communities akin to the Law of Jante.

Further reading

  • Rev. Fr. Allan Macdonald, Gaelic Words and Expressions from South Uist and Eriskay
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