Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish popul m (people, tribe, nation; folk, populace), from Latin populus (compare Welsh pobl).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pobal m (genitive singular pobail, nominative plural pobail)

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

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
pobal phobal bpobal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82

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