pobbylagh

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish poplach, from popul (“people”) (compare Manx pobble).

Adjective

pobbylagh

1. public

Etymology 2

From pobbyl (“population”) +‎ -agh (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pobbylagh

1. populous

Mutation

Mutation of pobbylagh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pobbylagh	phobbylagh	bobbylagh

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

Further reading

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