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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish comla (“valve of door, window, etc.”).
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
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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comhla
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chomhla
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gcomhla
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
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.