Gardaí

See also: gardai and gardaí

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Irish Gardaí (“the Guardians”), plural of Garda, q.v.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gardaí pl (plural only)

  1. The national police force of the Republic of Ireland.
    Synonym: Garda
  2. (chiefly Ireland) Synonym of police generally.
    • 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 115:
      Sure don't mind the Gardaí they say. They can't see in.

Noun

Gardaí

  1. plural of Garda: members of the Gardaí.
    • 2023 August 15, Senan Molony, “Give McEntee an accountability holiday on street crime–for now”, in Irish Independent, page 8:
      Another horrific attack on tourists to Dublin in the city centre and in the height of summer. Gardaí are doing their job with might and main.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡɑːɾˠˈd̪ˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡaːɾˠd̪ˠi/

Noun

Gardaí

  1. plural of Garda

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gardaí
radical lenition eclipsis
Gardaí Ghardaí nGardaí

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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