píobaire

See also: pìobaire

Irish

Alternative forms
  • píopaire

Etymology

From píb (“pipe”) +‎ -aire (compare Scottish Gaelic pìobaire).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲiːbˠəɾʲə/

Noun

píobaire m (genitive singular píobaire, nominative plural píobairí)

  1. piper (musician)
  2. siskin
  3. homosexual (slang)

Declension
Declension of píobaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative píobaire píobairí
Vocative a phíobaire a phíobairí
Genitive píobaire píobairí
Dative píobaire píobairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an píobaire na píobairí
Genitive an phíobaire na bpíobairí
Dative leis an bpíobaire

don phíobaire

 leis na píobairí

Derived terms
  • an píobaire a íoc (“to pay the piper”)
  • píobaireacht f (“(act of) piping, playing on bagpipes; bagpipe music”)
  • píobaire (an) teallaigh, píobaire gríosaí (“cricket”)
  • píobaire fraoigh (“grasshopper”)
  • píobaire trá (“sandpiper”)

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

Further reading
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