Garda

See also: garda, gardă, gardā, and gárda

English

Alternative forms

• garda

Etymology

From Irish Garda (“guardian”), from Irish Garda Síochána (“Guardian of the Peace”) and Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third Republic's civilian French gardiens de la paix, from Old French guarde, from guarder (“to guard”), from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną. Doublet of guard, guardian, and warden.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑɹdə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːdə/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də

Proper noun

Garda

1. Synonym of Gardaí, the national police force of the Republic of Ireland.

Noun

Garda (plural Gardaí or Gardai)

1. A member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer

   Garda Michael Egan

See also

• guardian of the peace

Anagrams

• Agard

Irish

Etymology

Clipping of Garda Síochána (literally “Guardian of the Peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːɾˠd̪ˠə/

Noun

Garda m (genitive singular Garda, nominative plural Gardaí)

1. A member of the Garda Síochána (the Irish police force).

Declension

Declension of Garda (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Garda Gardaí vocative a Gharda a Ghardaí genitive Garda Gardaí dative Garda Gardaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Garda na Gardaí genitive an Gharda na nGardaí dative leis an nGarda don Gharda leis na Gardaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of Garda

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Garda	Gharda	nGarda

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.da/
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: Gàr‧da

Proper noun

Garda f

1. a town in Verona, Veneto, Italy, on the shore of Lake Garda

Related terms

• gardesano

Anagrams

• draga