constábla
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English constable, from Old French conestable.
Noun[edit]
constábla m (genitive singular constábla, nominative plural constáblaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of constábla
Bare forms
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- constábla long chogaidh (“master-at-arms”)
- constábla speisialta (“special constable”)
- príomhchonstábla (“chief constable”)
Mutation[edit]
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[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