cupán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • copán

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kʊˈpˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊpˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkʊpˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔpˠanˠ/, /ˈkɔpˠan̪ˠ/ (corresponding to alternative form copán)[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coppán. By surface analysis, cupa + -án.

Noun

cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

  1. cup
  2. (golf) cup
Declension
Derived terms
  • caifechupán
  • cupán caife
  • cupán cuinneoige
  • cupán drúchta
  • cupán tae
  • fochupán
  • lán cupáin

Noun

cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

  1. Alternative form of capán (saucer-like wooden dish, bailer)
Declension

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

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 13
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