píobán

See also: pìoban

Irish

Etymology

píb (“pipe”) +‎ -án

Noun

píobán m (genitive singular píobáin, nominative plural píobáin)

1. (anatomy) pipe, tube

   Synonym: píopa

2. windpipe

   Synonym: píobán garbh

3. bronchial tube

   Synonym: píobán broinceach

4. throat, gullet

   Synonyms: scornach, sceadamán, craos, éasafagas, píobán réidh

5. hose, hosepipe

   Synonyms: píopa uisce, osán

Declension

Declension of píobán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative píobán píobáin Vocative a phíobáin a phíobána Genitive píobáin píobán Dative píobán píobáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an píobán na píobáin Genitive an phíobáin na bpíobán Dative leis an bpíobán don phíobán leis na píobáin

Derived terms

• do phíobán a fhliuchadh (“to wet one’s whistle”)
• mol píobáin (“hose-reel”)
• píobán amach (“outlet duct”)
• píobán dóiteáin (“fire-hose”)
• píobán eala (“swan-neck”)
• píobán fuaraithe (“cooling duct”)
• píobán gairdín (“garden-hose”)
• píobán garbh (“trachea”)
• príomhphíobán uisce (“water main”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
píobán	phíobán	bpíobán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píobán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “píobán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024