pilibín

Irish

Alternative forms
  • filbín, filibín, pilbín, plibín

Etymology

From Pilib (“Philip”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /pʲɪlʲəˈbʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɪlʲəbʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpʲɨ̞lʲəpʲinʲ/[1] (as if spelled pilipín)

Noun

pilibín m (genitive singular pilibín, nominative plural pilibíní)

  1. lapwing (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae)
    Synonym: adhaircín
  2. (specifically) green plover, Northern lapwing, peewit (Vanellus vanellus)
  3. plover (wading bird of the family Charadriidae)
    Synonym: feadóg
  4. a very small person or thing
  5. (informal) knob, willy (penis)
    Synonyms: bod, gléas, slat

Declension
Declension of pilibín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pilibín pilibíní
Vocative a philibín a philibíní
Genitive pilibín pilibíní
Dative pilibín pilibíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an pilibín na pilibíní
Genitive an philibín na bpilibíní
Dative leis an bpilibín

don philibín

 leis na pilibíní

Derived terms
  • pilibín míog

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40

Further reading
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