comhla

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See also: còmhla

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish comla (“valve of door, window, etc.”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːl̪ˠə/^[1]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkõːlˠə/, /ˈkõːl̪ˠə/^[2]

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
case	singular	plural
nominative	comhla	comhlaí
vocative	a chomhla	a chomhlaí
genitive	comhla	comhlaí
dative	comhla	comhlaí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an chomhla	na comhlaí
genitive	na comhla	na gcomhlaí
dative	leis an gcomhla don chomhla	leis na comhlaí

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*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhla	chomhla	gcomhla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
^ 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
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“comhla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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