píbín

Irish

Etymology

From píb +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

píbín m (genitive singular píbín, nominative plural píbíní)

1. diminutive of píb (“pipe; windpipe; throat, neck”)

Declension

Declension of píbín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative píbín píbíní Vocative a phíbín a phíbíní Genitive píbín píbíní Dative píbín píbíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an píbín na píbíní Genitive an phíbín na bpíbíní Dative leis an bpíbín don phíbín leis na píbíní

Derived terms

• píbín uisce (“pipewort”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
píbín	phíbín	bpíbín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píbín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN