póilín

Irish

Alternative forms

• póilí

Etymology

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Compare English police.

Noun

póilín m (genitive singular póilín, nominative plural póilíní)

1. constable, police officer

   Synonyms: constábla, garda, garda síochána, péas

Declension

Declension of póilín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative póilín póilíní vocative a phóilín a phóilíní genitive póilín póilíní dative póilín póilíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an póilín na póilíní genitive an phóilín na bpóilíní dative leis an bpóilín don phóilín leis na póilíní

Derived terms

• póilín speisialta (“special constable”)
• póilíneacht f (“policing”)
• póilíní airm (“military police”)
• póilíní capall (“mounted police”)
• póilíní círéibe m pl (“riot police”)
• póilínigh (“police”, verb)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of póilín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
póilín	phóilín	bpóilín

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) “póilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “póilín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “póilín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024