comhla
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See also: còmhla
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish comla (“valve of door, window, etc.”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of comhla
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
Further reading[edit]
- 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.