"póilín" meaning in Irish

See póilín in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Compare English police. Etymology templates: {{cog|en|police}} English police Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|póilín|||||||nominative plural|póilíní|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} póilín m (genitive singular póilín, nominative plural póilíní), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} póilín m (genitive singular póilín, nominative plural póilíní) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m4|p|óilín|óilíní}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: póilín [genitive, singular], póilíní [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], póilín [indefinite, nominative, singular], póilíní [indefinite, nominative, plural], a phóilín [indefinite, singular, vocative], a phóilíní [indefinite, plural, vocative], póilín [genitive, indefinite, singular], póilíní [genitive, indefinite, plural], póilín [dative, indefinite, singular], póilíní [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an póilín [definite, nominative, singular], na póilíní [definite, nominative, plural], an phóilín [definite, genitive, singular], na bpóilíní [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bpóilín [dative, definite, singular], don phóilín [dative, definite, singular], leis na póilíní [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], póilín [mutation, mutation-radical], phóilín [lenition, mutation], bpóilín [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. constable, police officer Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Law enforcement, Occupations Synonyms: constábla, garda, garda síochána, péas, póilí Derived forms: póilín speisialta (english: special constable), póilíneacht (english: policing) [feminine], póilíní airm [police, law-enforcement, military, war, government, politics], póilíní capall (english: mounted police), póilíní círéibe (english: riot police) [masculine, plural], póilínigh (english: police) [verb]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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        },
        {
          "english": "riot police",
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          ],
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        },
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          "word": "constábla"
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          "word": "garda"
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          "word": "garda síochána"
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        {
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}
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