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

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.

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