píobarnach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From píb (“pipe”).

Pronunciation

Noun

píobarnach f (genitive singular píobarnaí)

  1. wheezing (also functioning as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)

Declension

Declension of píobarnach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative píobarnach
vocative a phíobarnach
genitive píobarnaí
dative píobarnach
píobarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an phíobarnach
genitive na píobarnaí
dative leis an bpíobarnach
leis an bpíobarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don phíobarnach
don phíobarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of píobarnach
radical lenition eclipsis
píobarnach phíobarnach bpíobarnach

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

References

  1. ^ “píobarnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

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