Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coarb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coarb
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The successor to the founder of a religious institution.

noun

The head of one of the families composing an old Irish sept.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish comharba.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₃erbʰ-, comharba

Inflected Forms

coarbs (plural) comarb (alternative) comharb (alternative)

Derived Forms

coarbship

Questions

What does coarb mean?
The successor to the founder of a religious institution.
Where does coarb come from?
It is traced to Irish.

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