píobaire
See also: pìobaire
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From píb (“pipe”) + -aire (compare Scottish Gaelic pìobaire).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
píobaire m (genitive singular píobaire, nominative plural píobairí)
- piper (musician)
- siskin (Spinus spinus)
- homosexual (slang)
Declension edit
Declension of píobaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- an píobaire a íoc (“to pay the piper”)
- píobaireacht f (“(act of) piping, playing on bagpipes; bagpipe music”)
- píobaire fraoigh (“grasshopper”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píobaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “píobaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “píobaire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.