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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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poball m (genitive singular pobaill, plural poballan)

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

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “poball”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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