póilín

Irish

Alternative forms

póilí

Etymology

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Compare English police.

Noun

póilín m (genitive singular póilín, nominative plural póilíní)

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
póilín	phóilín	bpóilín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “póilín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “póilín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “póilín” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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