cupán
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish coppán, from Latin cuppa + -án.
Noun
cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)
Derived terms
- caifechupán, cupán caife (“coffee-cup”)
- cupán cuinneoige (“perforated cap of churn-dash”)
- cupán drúchta (“mushroom”)
- cupán tae (“tea-cup; cup of tea”)
- fochupán (“saucer”)
- lán cupáin (“cupful”)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)
- Alternative form of capán (“saucer-like wooden dish, bailer”)
Declension
Declension of cupán
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cupán | chupán | gcupán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cupán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coppán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cupán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cupán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024