pobal

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəl̪ˠ/[2]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɔbˠəlˠ/, /ˈpˠɔbˠəl̪ˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠʌbˠəlˠ/, /ˈpˠʌbˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

pobal m (genitive singular pobail, nominative plural pobail)

(collectively) people; community
(people of) parish; congregation
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.

References

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

Further reading

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

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