constábla
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English constable, from Old French conestable.
Noun
editconstábla m (genitive singular constábla, nominative plural constáblaí)
Declension
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Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- constábla long chogaidh (“master-at-arms”)
- constábla speisialta (“special constable”)
- príomhchonstábla (“chief constable”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “constábla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “constable”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024