pobal

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

Terms derived from pobal

pobail (“popular; communal”)
pobalbhreith (“plebiscite”)
pobalda (“communal; congregational”)

pobal Dé (“the people of God, the faithful”)
pobalscoil (“community school”)
poblacht (“republic”)

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

"pobal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“popul” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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