poiblí

Irish

Alternative forms

• puiblí
• poiblidhe, puiblidhe (superseded)
• poibilidhe, poiblighe, puibilidhe, puiblighe (archaic)

Etymology

From pobal +‎ -í.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /pˠɔbˠˈl̪ˠiː/ (as if spelled poblaí)
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠəibʲˈlʲiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠəibʲlʲiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌbʲlʲi/

Adjective

poiblí

1. public

Derived terms

• iompar poiblí
• nótaire poiblí
• óráidíocht phoiblí
• poiblíocht
• seirbhís phoiblí

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poiblí	phoiblí	bpoiblí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “poiblí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “puibliḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 554
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poiblí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “poiblí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “poiblí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024