péas

See also: peas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English peace, from peace officer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲeːsˠ/

Noun

péas m (genitive singular péas, nominative plural péas)

1. police officer, constable
2. (in the plural) police

Declension

Declension of péas

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative péas péas Vocative a phéas a phéas Genitive péas péas Dative péas péas

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an péas na péas Genitive an phéas na bpéas Dative leis an bpéas don phéas leis na péas

Synonyms

• constábla
• garda
• garda síochána
• póilín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
péas	phéas	bpéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN