pobbylagh

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish poplach, from popul (“people”) (compare Manx pobble).

Adjective

pobbylagh

public

Etymology 2

From pobbyl (“population”) +‎ -agh (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

pobbylagh

populous

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pobbylagh	phobbylagh	bobbylagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “poplach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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