Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish comla (“valve of door, window, etc.”).[1]
Pronunciation
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)
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Alternative declension:
Declension of comhla (fifth declension)
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singular
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plural
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an chomhla
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na comhlacha
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na comhlach
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na gcomhlacha
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leis an gcomhla leis an gcomhlaigh (archaic, dialectal) don chomhla don chomhlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na comhlacha
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Derived terms
- aerchomhla (“air-valve”)
- aonchomhlach (“univalve”)
- bualchomhla
- canáil chomhlaí (“sluiceway”)
- comhla ar insí (“hinged door(-leaf)”)
- comhla bheag (“half-door”)
- comhla bheannach (“mitral valve”)
- comhla chatha (“mainstay in battle”)
- comhla choigeartaithe (“rectifying valve”)
- comhla chumhachta (“power-valve”)
- comhla croí (“valve of heart”)
- comhla cuisle (“valve of vein”)
- comhla ghreadta (“clack-valve”)
- comhla haiste (“hatch-cover”)
- comhla ionraoin (“inlet-valve”)
- comhla loic
- comhla mhuinchille (“sleeve-valve”)
- comhla orgáin (“shutter of organ”)
- comhla rialaithe (“governor-valve”)
- comhla scamhóige (“pulmonary valve”)
- comhla sceite (“safety-valve”)
- comhla shleamhnáin (“sliding door”)
- comhla shúite (“suction-valve”)
- comhla thógála (“trap-door”)
- comhla uisce
- comhlach (“valvular”)
- fuinneog chomhla (“casement-window”)
- gan chomhla (“unconditional”)
- loc-chomhla (“sluice-valve, floodgate”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of comhla
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chomhla
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gcomhla
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, pages 68–128
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 321
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 85, page 20
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cóṁla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 239; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “comhla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “comhla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “comhla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026