pilibín

Irish

pilibín

Alternative forms

• filbín, filibín, pilbín, plibín

Etymology

From Pilib (“Philip”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pʲɪlʲəˈbʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪlʲəbʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɨ̞lʲəpʲinʲ/ (as if spelled pilipín)

Noun

pilibín m (genitive singular pilibín, nominative plural pilibíní)

1. lapwing (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae)

   Synonym: adhaircín

2. (specifically) green plover, Northern lapwing, peewit (Vanellus vanellus)
3. plover (wading bird of the family Charadriidae)

   Synonym: feadóg

4. a very small person or thing
5. (informal) knob, willy (penis)

   Synonyms: bod, gléas, slat

Declension

Declension of pilibín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pilibín pilibíní vocative a philibín a philibíní genitive pilibín pilibíní dative pilibín pilibíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pilibín na pilibíní genitive an philibín na bpilibíní dative leis an bpilibín don philibín leis na pilibíní

Derived terms

• pilibín ealtúil (“sociable lapwing”)
• pilibín Indiach (“red-wattled lapwing”)
• pilibín míog
• pilibín tuaisceartach (“northern lapwing”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pilibín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pilibín	philibín	bpilibín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “pilibín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “filbín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “filbín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 314
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pilibín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 542
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pilibín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN