constábla

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English constable, from Old French conestable.

Noun

constábla m (genitive singular constábla, nominative plural constáblaí)

1. constable, police officer

Declension

Declension of constábla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative constábla constáblaí Vocative a chonstábla a chonstáblaí Genitive constábla constáblaí Dative constábla constáblaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an constábla na constáblaí Genitive an chonstábla na gconstáblaí Dative leis an gconstábla don chonstábla leis na constáblaí

Synonyms

• garda
• garda síochána
• péas
• póilín

Derived terms

• constábla long chogaidh (“master-at-arms”)
• constábla speisialta (“special constable”)
• príomhchonstábla (“chief constable”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
constábla	chonstábla	gconstábla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “constábla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “constable”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024