comhla

See also: còmhla

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

comhla f (genitive singular comhla or comhlach or comhladh, nominative plural comhlaí or comhlacha or comhlain)

  1. leaf (of a door)
    Synonym: comhla dorais
  2. (architecture, photography, etc.) shutter
  3. (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”, adjective)
  • bualchomhla, comhla loic, comhla uisce, loc-chomhla (“sluice-valve, floodgate”)
  • canáil chomhlaí (“sluiceway”)
  • comhla ar insí (“hinged door(-leaf)”)
  • comhla bheag (“half-door”)
  • comhla bheannach (“mitral valve”)
  • comhlach (“valvular”, adjective)
  • 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 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”)
  • fuinneog chomhla (“casement-window”)
  • gan chomhla (“unconditional”)

Mutation
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.

Further reading
  • "comhla" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “comla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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.
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