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”)
• 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”)
• comhlach (“valvular”, adjective)
• 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

• 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