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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)
- body (association, organization, institution)
- Synonyms: comhlachas, foras
- company, firm
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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comhlacht
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chomhlacht
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gcomhlacht
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “comlucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “complacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóṁluċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 176
- Entries containing “comhlacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “comhlacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.