pobalscoil

Irish

Etymology

From pobal (“people; community”) +‎ scoil (“school”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəlˠˌsˠkɛlʲ/

Noun

pobalscoil f (genitive singular pobalscoile, nominative plural pobalscoileanna)

1. community school

Declension

Declension of pobalscoil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative pobalscoil pobalscoila Vocative a phobalscoil a phobalscoila Genitive pobalscoile pobalscoil Dative pobalscoil pobalscoila

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phobalscoil na pobalscoila Genitive na pobalscoile na bpobalscoil Dative leis an bpobalscoil don phobalscoil leis na pobalscoila

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pobalscoil	phobalscoil	bpobalscoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pobalscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “pobalscoil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “pobalscoil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.