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

Mutated forms of píbín

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