pobal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish popul m (“people, tribe, nation; folk, populace”), from Proto-Brythonic *pobl (compare Welsh pobl), from Latin populus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəlˠ/, /ˈpˠɔbˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌbˠəlˠ/, /ˈpˠʌbˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

pobal m (genitive singular pobail, nominative plural pobail)

1. (collectively) people; community
2. (people of) parish; congregation
3. population

Declension

Declension of pobal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pobal pobail vocative a phobail a phobala genitive pobail pobal dative pobal pobail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pobal na pobail genitive an phobail na bpobal dative leis an bpobal don phobal leis na pobail

Synonyms

• (people): lucht
• (community): cumann, dream
• (parish): paróiste
• (congregation): comhthionól

Derived terms

• pobail (“popular; communal”)
• pobal Dé (“the people of God, the faithful”)
• pobalbhreith (“plebiscite”)
• pobalda (“communal; congregational”)
• pobalscoil (“community school”)
• poblacht (“republic”)
• teach pobail (“church, chapel”)
• teanga an phobail (“vernacular”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of pobal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pobal	phobal	bpobal

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pobal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN