TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
píobán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Anat: Pipe, tube, passage. (a) Windpipe. ~ garbh, trachea. ~ an doichill, trachea closed in swallowing. (b) ~ (réidh), oesophagus, gullet. Do phíobán a fhliuchadh, to wet one’s whistle. (c)(pl.) Bronchial tubes, bronchi. Tá na píobáin slóchta agam, I have a wheeze in my chest. 2. (a) Throat. Rug sé greim píobáin orm, he gripped me by the throat. Tá siad i b~ a chéile, they are at each other’s throats. Cuirfidh mé síos i do phíobán é, I’ll make you swallow it. (b) Neck. ~ eala, swan-neck. 3. Hose(-pipe). ~ gairdín, garden-hose. ~ dóiteáin, fire-hose.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ sna píobáin, san ucht, wheeze in bronchial tubes, in chest.
~ píobáin, nozzle of hose.
~ i bpíobán, obstruction in tube.