píb

See also: pib and PIB

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish pípa, píp, from Vulgar Latin pipa. Compare Scottish Gaelic pìob. Doublet of píopa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʲiːbʲ/

Noun

píb f (genitive singular píbe, nominative plural píoba)

  1. (music, construction) pipe
  2. (anatomy) windpipe; throat, neck

Declension
Declension of píb

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative píb píoba
Vocative a phíb a phíoba
Genitive píbe píob
Dative píb píoba

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phíb na píoba
Genitive na píbe na bpíob
Dative leis an bpíb

don phíb

 leis na píoba

Derived terms
  • banna píob m (“pipe band”)
  • píb- (“-throated”)
  • píbín (diminutive)
  • píblíne f (“pipeline”)
  • píb mhála f (“bagpipe”)
  • píb uilleann f (“uilleann pipes”)
  • píobaire m (“piper”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
píb phíb bpíb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "píb" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “pípa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “píb” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “píb” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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