comhla
See also: còmhla
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish comla (“valve of door, window, etc.”).
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkõːlˠə/[1]
Noun
comhla f (genitive singular comhla or comhlach or comhladh, nominative plural comhlaí or comhlacha or comhlain)
- leaf (of a door)
- Synonym: comhla dorais
- (architecture, photography, etc.) shutter
- (anatomy, botany, conchology) valve
Declension
Declension of comhla
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- aerchomhla
- aonchomhlach
- bualchomhla
- canáil chomhlaí
- comhla ar insí
- comhla bheag
- comhla bheannach
- comhlach
- comhla chatha
- comhla choigeartaithe
- comhla chumhachta
- comhla croí
- comhla cuisle
- comhla ghreadta
- comhla haiste
- comhla ionraoin
- comhla loic
- comhla mhuinchille
- comhla orgáin
- comhla rialaithe
- comhla scamhóige
- comhla sceite
- comhla shleamhnáin
- comhla shúite
- comhla thógála
- comhla uisce
- fuinneog chomhla
- gan chomhla
- loc-chomhla
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhla | chomhla | gcomhla |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “comhla” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “comhla” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.