colpa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Irish colpthae.

Noun

colpa m or f (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

  1. (anatomy, ~ (coise)) calf (of leg)
    Synonyms: orca, pluc
  2. (~ (súiste)) handle (of flail); cudgel
Declension
Declension of colpa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colpa colpaí
Vocative a cholpa a cholpaí
Genitive colpa colpaí
Dative colpa colpaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an colpa na colpaí
Genitive an cholpa na gcolpaí
Dative leis an gcolpa

don cholpa

 leis na colpaí
Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of colpa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colpa colpaí
Vocative a cholpa a cholpaí
Genitive colpa colpaí
Dative colpa colpaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cholpa na colpaí
Genitive na colpa na gcolpaí
Dative leis an gcolpa

don cholpa

 leis na colpaí
Derived terms
  • colpach (“large-calved; strong-legged”, adjective)
  • colpán m (“covering for calf of leg; handle of flail”)
  • gúna go colpa m (“midi dress”)
  • sciorta go colpa m (“midi”)

Etymology 2

Noun

colpa m (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

  1. Alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)
    1. collop (unit of grazing land)
    2. (~ caorach, gabhar, géanna) number of sheep, goats, geese, equated to a heifer for grazing purposes
  3. (cooking) collop
Declension
Declension of colpa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colpa colpaí
Vocative a cholpa a cholpaí
Genitive colpa colpaí
Dative colpa colpaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an colpa na colpaí
Genitive an cholpa na gcolpaí
Dative leis an gcolpa

don cholpa

 leis na colpaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
colpa cholpa gcolpa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "colpa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “colpthae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “colpa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “colpa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp-.

Noun

colpa f (plural colpe)

  1. fault
  2. blame
  3. guilt
  4. sin

Anagrams

Spanish

Noun

colpa f (plural colpas)

  1. colcothar used as a flux for silver
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