píobán

See also: pìoban

Irish

Etymology

píb (“pipe”) +‎ -án

Noun

píobán m (genitive singular píobáin, nominative plural píobáin)

(anatomy) pipe, tube, passage
Synonym: píopa
1. windpipe
  Synonym: píobán garbh
2. esophagus, gullet
  Synonyms: craos, éasafagas, píobán réidh
3. (in the plural) bronchial tubes, bronchi
  Synonym: píobán broinceach
1. throat
  Synonyms: scornach, sceadamán
2. neck
hose(-pipe)
Synonyms: píopa uisce, osán
duct
Synonym: ducht

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

Derived terms

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.

Further reading

"píobán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“bronchial+tube” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“gullet” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“hose” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“hosepipe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“oesophagus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“pipe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“throat” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“trachea” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“windpipe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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