poball

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish popul, borrowed from Latin populus.

Noun

poball m (genitive singular pobaill, plural poballan)

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

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “popul” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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