comhlacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cumlucht (“accomplices, companions”), from com- (modern comh-) + lucht (“people, class of persons, category”).

Pronunciation

Noun

comhlacht m (genitive singular comhlachta, nominative plural comhlachtaí)

  1. body (association, organization, institution)
    Synonyms: comhlachas, foras
  2. company, firm

Declension

Declension of comhlacht (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative comhlacht comhlachtaí
vocative a chomhlacht a chomhlachtaí
genitive comhlachta comhlachtaí
dative comhlacht comhlachtaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an comhlacht na comhlachtaí
genitive an chomhlachta na gcomhlachtaí
dative leis an gcomhlacht
don chomhlacht 		leis na comhlachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of comhlacht
radical lenition eclipsis
comhlacht chomhlacht gcomhlacht

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

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