cupán

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kʊˈpˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊpˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʊpˠænˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coppán, from Latin cuppa + -án.

Noun

cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

  1. cup
  2. (golf) cup
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”)

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