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Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish coppán. By surface analysis, cupa + -án.
Noun
cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)
- cup
- (golf) cup
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)
- Alternative form of capán (“saucer-like wooden dish, bailer”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cupán
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chupán
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gcupán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cupán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coppán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cupán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cupán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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