Garda Síochána

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Irish

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Etymology

From Garda Síochána na hÉireann (“Guardian of the Peace of Ireland”) after the model of the French Third Republic's civilian French gardiens de la paix, from Old French guarde, from guarder (“to guard”), from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə ʃiːˈxɑːn̪ˠə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə ˈʃiːxɑːnˠə/, /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə ˈʃiːxɑːn̪ˠə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːɾˠd̪ˠə ˈʃiːxanˠə/, /ˈɡaːɾˠd̪ˠə ˈʃiːxan̪ˠə/

Proper noun

An Garda Síochána m (genitive an Gharda Síochána)

  1. Short for Garda Síochána na hÉireann (the Irish national police force)
    Synonym: Na Gardaí
  2. the police

Mutation

Mutated forms of Garda Síochána
radical lenition eclipsis
Garda Síochána Gharda Síochána nGarda Síochána

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

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