ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fear a ~e, his successor, his substitute.
~ Phádraig in Ard Mhacha, St. Patrick’s successor in (the see of) Armagh.
~ Cholm Cille in Í, St. Colmcille’s successor in (the abbacy of) Iona.
Ba é Cormac an comharba ba dhleacht dó, Cormac was his legitimate successor.