comhlacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• cómhlucht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cumlucht (“accomplices, companions”), from com- (modern comh-) + lucht (“people, class of persons, category”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːlˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːlˠa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

comhlacht m (genitive singular comhlachta, nominative plural comhlachtaí)

1. body (association, organization, institution)

   Synonyms: comhlachas, foras

2. company, firm

Declension

Declension of comhlacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative comhlacht comhlachtaí Vocative a chomhlacht a chomhlachtaí Genitive comhlachta comhlachtaí Dative comhlacht comhlachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an comhlacht na comhlachtaí Genitive an chomhlachta na gcomhlachtaí Dative leis an gcomhlacht don chomhlacht leis na comhlachtaí

Derived terms

• bratchomhlacht (“umbrella body”)
• fochomhlacht (“subsidiary company”)
• comhlacht drugaí (“drug company”)
• comhlacht stoic (“stock company”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
comhlacht	chomhlacht	gcomhlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “comhlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “comlucht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “comhlacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “comhlacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024