Definify.com

Definition 2024

pobal

pobal

Irish

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

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”)

Synonyms

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

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.