pobbyl

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish popal (“poplar-tree”), from Latin pōpulus.

Noun

pobbyl m (genitive singular pobbyl, plural pobbylyn)

1. poplar
2. cottonwood

Synonyms

• (poplar): billey pobbyl

Etymology 2

Noun

pobbyl m (genitive singular pobbyl, no plural)

1. Alternative form of pobble

Mutation

Mutation of pobbyl

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pobbyl	phobbyl	bobbyl

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “popal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language