suipéar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman soper; compare English supper and French souper.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɪˈpʲeːɾˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɪpʲeːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɪpʲeɾˠ/

Noun

suipéar m (genitive singular suipéir, nominative plural suipéir)

supper

Declension

Declension of suipéar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	suipéar	suipéir
Vocative	a shuipéir	a shuipéara
Genitive	suipéir	suipéar
Dative	suipéar	suipéir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an suipéar	na suipéir
Genitive	an tsuipéir	na suipéar
Dative	leis an suipéar don suipéar	leis na suipéir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suipéar	shuipéar after an, tsuipéar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“suipér” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
"suipéar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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