comhlán

See also: còmhlan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comlán. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ lán.

Adjective

comhlán (genitive singular masculine comhláin, genitive singular feminine comhláine, plural comhlána, not comparable)

1. full up
2. complete, perfect
3. (commerce, finance) gross

Declension

Declension of comhlán

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	comhlán	chomhlán	c~acomhláine; ch~acomhláine²
Vocative	chomhláin		c~acomhláine
Genitive		comhláine	c~acomhláine	comhlán
Dative	comhlán; chomhlán¹	chomhlán; chomhláin (archaic)	c~acomhláine; ch~acomhláine²
Comparative	níos comhláine
Superlative	is comhláine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• comhláine f (“completeness, perfection”)

Noun

comhlán m (genitive singular comhláin, nominative plural comhláin)

1. (film, commerce, finance) gross

Declension

Declension of comhlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative comhlán comhláin Vocative a chomhláin a chomhlána Genitive comhláin comhlán Dative comhlán comhláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an comhlán na comhláin Genitive an chomhláin na gcomhlán Dative leis an gcomhlán don chomhlán leis na comhláin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhlán	chomhlán	gcomhlán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “comhlán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “comhlán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.