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)

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

Terms derived from comhla

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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