clupaid

Irish

Alternative forms

• cluipide, clupaide

Etymology

From Old Irish culpait (“hood, cowl”), from Latin culcita (“mattress, pillow”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠʊpˠədʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠʊpˠədʲ/, /ˈkl̪ˠʊpˠədʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠʌpˠədʲə/, /ˈkl̪ˠʌpˠədʲə/ (corresponding to the form clupaide)

Noun

clupaid f (genitive singular clupaide, nominative plural clupaidí)

1. fold, wrinkle (in clothing)

Declension

Declension of clupaid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clupaid clupaidí Vocative a chlupaid a chlupaidí Genitive clupaide clupaidí Dative clupaid clupaidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chlupaid na clupaidí Genitive na clupaide na gclupaidí Dative leis an gclupaid don chlupaid leis na clupaidí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clupaid	chlupaid	gclupaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “clupaid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “culpait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cluipide”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 153
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clupaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN