poball
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish popul, borrowed from Latin populus.
Noun
poball m (genitive singular pobaill, plural poballan)
- people, community
- tribe
- congregation
- 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “popul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language