Garda

Garda

See also: garda, gardă, gardā, and gárda

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Irish Garda.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːdə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

Proper noun

Garda (plural Gardaí or Gardas)

1. The state police force of the Republic of Ireland.
2. (The title of) an Irish policeman.

   Garda Michael Egan

3. (in the plural) The police.
   • 2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber 2014, p. 115:

     Sure don't mind the Gardaí they say. They can't see in.

Anagrams

• Agard

---

Irish

Etymology

Capitalized form of garda.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæːɾˠd̪ˠə/

Noun

Garda m (genitive singular Garda, nominative plural Gardaí)

1. A member of the Garda Síochána (the Irish police force).

Declension

Declension of Garda

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Garda Gardaí Vocative a Gharda a Ghardaí Genitive Garda Gardaí Dative Garda Gardaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Garda na Gardaí Genitive an Gharda na nGardaí Dative leis an nGarda don Gharda leis na Gardaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Garda	Gharda	nGarda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

---

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.da/
• Rhymes: -arda
• Hyphenation: Gàr‧da

Proper noun

Garda f

1. A town in Verona, Veneto, Italy, on the shore of Lake Garda

Related terms

• gardesano

Anagrams

• draga