teanga an phobail

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “language of the people”

Noun

teanga an phobail f (genitive singular teanga an phobail, nominative plural teangacha an phobail)

1. (linguistics) vernacular

   Synonyms: canúint na tíre, teanga choiteann, teanga dhúchais

Mutation

Mutated forms of teanga an phobail

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teanga an phobail	theanga an phobail	dteanga an phobail

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) “teanga an phobail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN