kupola

Hungarian

a budapesti Szent István-bazilika kupolája ― dome of the St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest

Etymology

From Italian cupola, from Latin cupula (“little tub”); from Latin cupa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupolɒ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧po‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

kupola (plural kupolák)

1. dome (structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere)
2. cupola (dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kupola	kupolák
accusative	kupolát	kupolákat
dative	kupolának	kupoláknak
instrumental	kupolával	kupolákkal
causal-final	kupoláért	kupolákért
translative	kupolává	kupolákká
terminative	kupoláig	kupolákig
essive-formal	kupolaként	kupolákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kupolában	kupolákban
superessive	kupolán	kupolákon
adessive	kupolánál	kupoláknál
illative	kupolába	kupolákba
sublative	kupolára	kupolákra
allative	kupolához	kupolákhoz
elative	kupolából	kupolákból
delative	kupoláról	kupolákról
ablative	kupolától	kupoláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kupoláé	kupoláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kupoláéi	kupolákéi

Possessive forms of kupola
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kupolám	kupoláim
2nd person sing.	kupolád	kupoláid
3rd person sing.	kupolája	kupolái
1st person plural	kupolánk	kupoláink
2nd person plural	kupolátok	kupoláitok
3rd person plural	kupolájuk	kupoláik

Derived terms

• kupolácska
• kupolás

 

Compound words

• félkupola
• hagymakupola
• kupolaboltozat
• kupolacsarnok
• kupolatér

 

Further reading

• kupola in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǔpola/
• Hyphenation: ku‧po‧la

Noun

kùpola f (Cyrillic spelling ку̀пола)

1. cupola
2. turret

Declension

Declension of kupola

	singular	plural
nominative	kùpola	kupole
genitive	kupole	kȕpōlā
dative	kupoli	kupolama
accusative	kupolu	kupole
vocative	kupolo	kupole
locative	kupoli	kupolama
instrumental	kupolom	kupolama

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Italian cupola, from Latin cupula (“little tub”); from Latin cupa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkupɔɫa/

Noun

kupola f

1. cupola

Declension

Declension of kupola

	singular	plural
nominative	kupola	kupoly
genitive	kupoly	kupol
dative	kupole	kupolám
accusative	kupolu	kupoly
locative	kupole	kupolách
instrumental	kupolou	kupolami

Further reading

• “kupola”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024