péas

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English peace, from peace officer.

Pronunciation

Noun

péas m (genitive singular péas, nominative plural péas)

  1. police officer, constable
  2. (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

Mutated forms of péas
radical lenition eclipsis
péas phéas bpéas

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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