caipín

Irish

Etymology

From English cap + -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈpʲiːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkapʲiːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkapʲinʲ/

Noun

caipín m (genitive singular caipín, nominative plural caipíní)

cap; lid
crest (of wave)
top; tip

Declension

Declension of caipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caipín	caipíní
Vocative	a chaipín	a chaipíní
Genitive	caipín	caipíní
Dative	caipín	caipíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an caipín	na caipíní
Genitive	an chaipín	na gcaipíní
Dative	leis an gcaipín don chaipín	leis na caipíní

Derived terms

adharc caipín, bos caipín, speic caipín (“peak of cap”)
caipín buailte, caipín forbhuailte (“percussion cap”)
caipín clóca (“hood of cloak”)
caipín cluasach (“cap with ear-flaps”)
caipín cogaidh (“(rush) helmet”)
caipín dearg (“redcap”)
caipín dubh (“blackcap”)
caipíneach (“capped, wearing cap; crested”, adjective)
caipín glúine (“knee-cap”)
caipín (mullaigh) (“top covering (on haycock, etc.)”)
caipín píce (“peak cap”)
caipín sonais (“caul”)
caipín súile (“eyelid”)
clóca caipín (“hooded cloak”)
cluaisín caipín (“ear-flap”)
cluas caipín (“lug of cap”)
Donncha an chaipín (“cock stonechat”)
faoileán an chaipín (“black-headed gull”)
scriú caipín (“cap-screw”)
starraicín caipín (“peak of (woman's) cap”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caipín	chaipín	gcaipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"caipín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.