pobl

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh [Term?], borrowed from Latin populus (compare Old Irish popul, modern Irish pobal).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /pɔbl/, [ˈpʰɔbl̩ˠ]
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /pɔbl/, [ˈpʰɔbl̩]
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈpoːbɔl/, /ˈpɔbɔl/

Noun

pobl f (plural pobloedd)

  1. people, public, nation, tribe, crowd, inhabitants

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
pobl bobl mhobl phobl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), pobl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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