píobán

See also: pìoban

Irish

Etymology

píb (“pipe”) +‎ -án

Noun

píobán m (genitive singular píobáin, nominative plural píobáin)

(anatomy) pipe, tube
Synonym: píopa
windpipe
Synonym: píobán garbh
bronchial tube
Synonym: píobán broinceach
throat, gullet
Synonyms: scornach, sceadamán, craos, éasafagas, píobán réidh
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
Entries containing “píobán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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