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 singular plural nominative constábla constáblaí vocative a chonstábla a chonstáblaí genitive constábla constáblaí dative constábla constáblaí forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of constábla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
constábla	chonstábla	gconstábla

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), “constábla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “constable”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025