cupán

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish coppán. By surface analysis, cupa +‎ -án.

Noun

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cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

  1. cup
  2. (golf) cup
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cupán m (genitive singular cupáin, nominative plural cupáin)

  1. Alternative form of capán (saucer-like wooden dish, bailer)
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Mutation

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 13