cupán

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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)

  1. cup
  2. (golf) cup
Declension
Declension of cupán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cupán cupáin
vocative a chupáin a chupána
genitive cupáin cupán
dative cupán cupáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cupán na cupáin
genitive an chupáin na gcupán
dative leis an gcupán
don chupán 		leis na cupáin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

  1. Alternative form of capán (“saucer-like wooden dish, bailer”)
Declension
Declension of cupán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cupán cupáin
vocative a chupáin a chupána
genitive cupáin cupán
dative cupán cupáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cupán na cupáin
genitive an chupáin na gcupán
dative leis an gcupán
don chupán 		leis na cupáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cupán
radical lenition eclipsis
cupán chupán gcupán

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

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 13
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