na trí phobal
Figurative idiomHeadwords
Description
An ceantar agus na daoine máguaird.
Corpus examples
Um an dtaca go dtáinig an Domhnach ní raibh duine óg ná aosta 'sna trí pobalaibh ná raibh an sgeul go léir aige agus a thrí oiread curtha leis.
Nuair a bhíodar uile imthighthe abhaile i gcóir na h-oídhche agus bhí sé i n'aonar 'na shuídhe sa chathaoir shúgáin, bhí an sgeul ag ruith tré n-a aigne ar an gcuma so: I mbeulaibh na dtrí bpobal! Ní mise chuir i mbeulaibh na dtrí bpobal é.
Usage
Cuireann 'trí' béim bhreise ar an nath.
Additional examples
2. (People of) parish; congregation. Ar fud an phobail, throughout the parish.
Like 3 and 9 treated as a potent and formal number; 7 crosses were used for consecrating altars (5 acc. to L. B.), and groups of ecclesiastical ruins are called "seven churches"; 7, as also 4, was a favourite Celtic number in public organisation.
Ní raibh Críostaidhe ó dhuine liath go leanbh i dtrí pobal eabhra nach, etc. not a person young or old in three parishes but, etc.