píbín
Irish
Etymology
From píb + -ín (diminutive suffix).
Noun
píbín m (genitive singular píbín, nominative plural píbíní)
- diminutive of píb (“pipe; windpipe; throat, neck”)
Declension
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Derived terms
- píbín uisce (“pipewort”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| píbín | phíbín | bpíbín |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píbín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN