píb

See also: pib and PIB

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish pípa, píp,[1] from Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin. Compare Scottish Gaelic pìob. Doublet of píopa.

Pronunciation

Noun

píb f (genitive singular píbe, nominative plural píoba)

  1. (music, construction) pipe
  2. (anatomy) windpipe; throat, neck

Declension

Declension of píb (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative píb píoba
vocative a phíb a phíoba
genitive píbe píob
dative píb píoba
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an phíb na píoba
genitive na píbe na bpíob
dative leis an bpíb
don phíb 		leis na píoba

Derived terms

  • banna píob m (“pipe band”)
  • píb mhála f (“bagpipe”)
  • píb uilleann f (“uilleann pipes”)
  • píbín (diminutive)
  • píblíne f (“pipeline”)
  • píobaire m (“piper”)
  • píobarnach (“wheezing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of píb
radical lenition eclipsis
píb phíb bpíb

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pípa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

Further reading

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