comhlacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cómhlucht (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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
  • "comhlacht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “comlucht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “complacht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cóṁluċt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “comhlacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “comhlacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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