copar

Irish

Chemical element
Cu
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Etymology

Borrowed from English copper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopˠəɾˠ/

Noun

copar m (genitive singular copair)

1. copper (chemical elements)

   Synonym: umha

Declension

Declension of copar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative copar Vocative a chopair Genitive copair Dative copar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an copar Genitive an chopair Dative leis an gcopar don chopar

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
copar	chopar	gcopar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “copar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “copar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “copar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English copper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔhpəɾ/

Noun

copar m (genitive singular copair, no plural)

1. copper

Derived terms

• clach-chopair (“lapis lazuli”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
copar	chopar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Etymology

From French couper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈpaɾ/ [koˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧par

Verb

copar (first-person singular present copo, first-person singular preterite copé, past participle copado)

1. (politics) to make a clean sweep
2. to get; take
3. to use up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of copar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			copar
gerund			copando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		copado		copada
		plural		copados		copadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	copo	copastú copásvos	copa	copamos	copáis	copan
	imperfect	copaba	copabas	copaba	copábamos	copabais	copaban
	preterite	copé	copaste	copó	copamos	copasteis	coparon
	future	coparé	coparás	copará	coparemos	coparéis	coparán
	conditional	coparía	coparías	coparía	coparíamos	coparíais	coparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cope	copestú copésvos2	cope	copemos	copéis	copen
	imperfect (ra)	copara	coparas	copara	copáramos	coparais	coparan
	imperfect (se)	copase	copases	copase	copásemos	copaseis	copasen
	future1	copare	copares	copare	copáremos	copareis	coparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		copatú copávos	cope	copemos	copad	copen
	negative		no copes	no cope	no copemos	no copéis	no copen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of copar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive copar
	dative	coparme	coparte	coparle, coparse	coparnos	coparos	coparles, coparse
	accusative	coparme	coparte	coparlo, coparla, coparse	coparnos	coparos	coparlos, coparlas, coparse
with gerund copando
	dative	copándome	copándote	copándole, copándose	copándonos	copándoos	copándoles, copándose
	accusative	copándome	copándote	copándolo, copándola, copándose	copándonos	copándoos	copándolos, copándolas, copándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative copa
	dative	cópame	cópate	cópale	cópanos	not used	cópales
	accusative	cópame	cópate	cópalo, cópala	cópanos	not used	cópalos, cópalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative copá
	dative	copame	copate	copale	copanos	not used	copales
	accusative	copame	copate	copalo, copala	copanos	not used	copalos, copalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cope
	dative	cópeme	not used	cópele, cópese	cópenos	not used	cópeles
	accusative	cópeme	not used	cópelo, cópela, cópese	cópenos	not used	cópelos, cópelas
with first-person plural imperative copemos
	dative	not used	copémoste	copémosle	copémonos	copémoos	copémosles
	accusative	not used	copémoste	copémoslo, copémosla	copémonos	copémoos	copémoslos, copémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative copad
	dative	copadme	not used	copadle	copadnos	copaos	copadles
	accusative	copadme	not used	copadlo, copadla	copadnos	copaos	copadlos, copadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative copen
	dative	cópenme	not used	cópenle	cópennos	not used	cópenles, cópense
	accusative	cópenme	not used	cópenlo, cópenla	cópennos	not used	cópenlos, cópenlas, cópense

Further reading

• “copar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Venetian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

copar

1. (transitive) to kill, murder

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of copar (first conjugation)

infinitive	copar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		copando
past participle		copà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	copo	(te) copi, (te) cupi	(el/ła) copa	copémo, copòn	copé	(i/łe) copa
imperfect	copava	(te) copavi	(el/ła) copava	copàvimo	copavi	(i/łe) copava
future	coparò	(te) coparè	(el/ła) coparà	coparémo	coparè	(i/łe) coparà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	coparìa	(te) coparisi	(el/ła) coparìa	coparìsimo	coparisi	(i/łe) coparìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	cope, copa	(te) copi	(el/ła) cope, (el/ła) copa	copémo, copone	copé	(i/łe) cope, (i/łe) copa
imperfect	copase	(te) copasi	(el/ła) copase	copàsimo	copasi	(i/łe) copase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) copa	(el/ła) copa, (el/ła) cope	copémo	copé	(i/łe) copa, (i/łe) cope

Synonyms

• maẑar, masar