comhlacht
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cumlucht (“accomplices, companions”), from com- (modern comh-) + lucht (“people, class of persons, category”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcomhlacht m (genitive singular comhlachta, nominative plural comhlachtaí)
- body (association, organization, institution)
- Synonyms: comhlachas, foras
- company, firm
Declension
editDeclension of comhlacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- bratchomhlacht (“umbrella body”)
- fochomhlacht (“subsidiary company”)
- comhlacht drugaí (“drug company”)
- comhlacht stoic (“stock company”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- 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