pùball

See also: puball

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pupall (“tent, pavilion; awning or baldaquin over a chariot”).

Noun

pùball m (genitive singular pùbaill, plural pùballan)

  1. tent, pavilion, booth, marquee
    Shuidhich iad am pùbaill.
    They pitched their tents.
  2. alcove
  3. covering

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “pùball”, 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), “pupall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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