cupán

Irish

Alternative forms

• copán

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kʊˈpˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊpˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkʊpˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠanˠ/, /ˈkɔpˠan̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form copán)

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

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

Derived terms

• caifechupán
• cupán caife
• cupán cuinneoige
• cupán drúchta
• cupán tae
• fochupán
• lán cupáin

 

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cupán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coppán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cupán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cupán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024