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
	singular	plural
nominative	píobán	píobáin
vocative	a phíobáin	a phíobána
genitive	píobáin	píobán
dative	píobán	píobáin

forms with the definite article
	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

Mutated forms of *píobán*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
píobán	phíobán	bpíobán

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) “píobán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“píobán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025