colpa

From Old Irish colpthae.^[1]

• colptha

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠəpˠə/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəpˠə/ (as if spelled colbtha, as epenthesis does not normally occur between l and p)^[2]

colpa m or f (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

1. calf (of leg)

   Synonyms: orca, pluc

2. handle (of flail); cudgel

Alternative (feminine) declension

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

colpa m (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

1. Alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)
2. collop (unit of grazing land)
3. number of sheep, goats, geese, equated to a heifer for grazing purposes
4. (cooking) collop

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colpa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “colpa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “colpa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

From Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol.pa/
• Rhymes: -olpa
• Hyphenation: cól‧pa

colpa f (plural colpe)

1. fault
2. blame

   dare la colpa ― to blame (literally, “give the blame”)

3. guilt
4. sin

• colpevole
• discolpare
• scolpare

• colpabile

• colpa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• palco, placo, placò, polca

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolpa/
• Rhymes: -olpa
• Syllabification: col‧pa

colpa f (plural colpas)

1. colcothar used as a flux for silver

colpa

1. inflection of colpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “colpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10