péas

See also: peas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English peace, from peace officer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲeːsˠ/

Noun

péas m (genitive singular péas, nominative plural péas)

1. police officer, constable
2. (in the plural) police

Declension

Declension of péas (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative péas péas vocative a phéas a phéas genitive péas péas dative péas péas forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an péas na péas genitive an phéas na bpéas dative leis an bpéas don phéas leis na péas

Synonyms

• constábla
• garda
• garda síochána
• póilín

Mutation

Mutated forms of péas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
péas	phéas	bpéas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “péas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN