pobalda
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish populda, from popul. By surface analysis, pobal + -da.
Adjective
[edit]pobalda
- communal
- Synonym: pobail
- congregational
- Synonyms: comhthionóil, pobalrialta
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | pobalda | phobalda | pobalda; phobalda2 | |
| vocative | phobalda | pobalda | ||
| genitive | pobalda | pobalda | pobalda | |
| dative | pobalda; phobalda1 |
phobalda | pobalda; phobalda2 | |
| Comparative | níos pobalda | |||
| Superlative | is pobalda | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| pobalda | phobalda | bpobalda |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pobalda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “populda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pobalda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “pobalda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024