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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative constábla constáblaí
Vocative a chonstábla a chonstáblaí
Genitive constábla constáblaí
Dative constábla constáblaí

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
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
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