See also: còmhla

Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 68
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18

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