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)

cup
(golf) cup

Derived terms

Terms derived from cupán

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”)

Related terms

Terms related to cupán

cupa (“cup; cupel”)

sásar (“saucer”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

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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