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)

police officer, constable
(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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
péas	phéas	bpéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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