cupan

cupan

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

cupan m (genitive singular cupain, plural cupanan or cupaichean or cupanan)

  1. cup
    cupan tì ― cup of tea
    cupan falamh ― empty cup
    cupan lomnochd ― a cup of tea without any biscuits (literally, “naked cup”)
  2. small cup

See also

Mutation

Mutation of cupa
radical lenition
cupa chupa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 169
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 44
  3. ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 145

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cupan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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