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píobán

píobán

See also: pìoban

Irish

Noun

píobán m ‎(genitive singular píobáin, nominative plural píobáin)

(anatomy) pipe, tube, passage
1. windpipe
2. esophagus, gullet
3. (in the plural) bronchial tubes, bronchi
1. throat
2. neck
hose(-pipe)
duct

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

Synonyms

(pipe): píopa
(esophagus, gullet): píobán réidh
(duct): ducht

Derived terms

Terms derived from píobán

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.

References

"píobán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.