pobal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish popul m (“people, tribe, nation; folk, populace”), from Proto-Brythonic *pobl (compare Welsh pobl), from Latin populus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəlˠ/, /ˈpˠɔbˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌbˠəlˠ/, /ˈpˠʌbˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

pobal m (genitive singular pobail, nominative plural pobail)

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

Declension

Declension of pobal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pobal pobail Vocative a phobail a phobala Genitive pobail pobal Dative pobal pobail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pobal na pobail Genitive an phobail na bpobal Dative leis an bpobal don phobal leis na pobail

Synonyms

• (people): lucht
• (community): cumann, dream
• (parish): paróiste
• (congregation): comhthionól

Derived terms

• pobail (“popular; communal”)
• pobal Dé (“the people of God, the faithful”)
• pobalbhreith (“plebiscite”)
• pobalda (“communal; congregational”)
• pobalscoil (“community school”)
• poblacht (“republic”)
• teach pobail (“church, chapel”)
• teanga an phobail (“vernacular”)

 

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pobal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN