poball

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish popul, from Proto-Brythonic *pobl, from Latin populus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰopəl̪ˠ/

Noun

poball m (genitive singular pobaill, plural poballan)

1. people, community
2. tribe
3. congregation
4. nation

Related terms

• poblach (“public”, adjective)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “poball”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language