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

Mutated forms of comhlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
comhlacht	chomhlacht	gcomhlacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, 2013-2025