pobalda
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish populda, from popul. By surface analysis, pobal + -da.
Adjective
[edit]pobalda
- communal
- Synonym: pobail
- congregational
- Synonyms: comhthionóil, pobalrialta
Declension
[edit]Declension of pobalda
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | pobalda | phobalda | pobalda; phobalda² | |
| Vocative | phobalda | pobalda | ||
| Genitive | pobalda | pobalda | pobalda | |
| Dative | pobalda; phobalda¹ |
phobalda | pobalda; phobalda² | |
| Comparative | níos pobalda | |||
| Superlative | is pobalda | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| pobalda | phobalda | bpobalda |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pobalda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “populda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pobalda”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “pobalda”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024