caipín

See also: càipǐn

Irish

Etymology

From English cap +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

caipín m (genitive singular caipín, nominative plural caipíní)

  1. cap; lid
  2. crest (of wave)
  3. top; tip

Declension

Declension of caipín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caipín caipíní
vocative a chaipín a chaipíní
genitive caipín caipíní
dative caipín caipíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caipín na caipíní
genitive an chaipín na gcaipíní
dative leis an gcaipín
don chaipín 		leis na caipíní

Derived terms

  • caipín buailte, caipín forbhuailte (“percussion cap”)
  • caipín clóca (“hood of cloak”)
  • caipín cluasach (“cap with ear-flaps”)
  • caipín cogaidh (“(rush) helmet”)
  • caipín dearg (“redcap”)
  • caipín dubh (“blackcap”)
  • caipín glúine (“knee-cap”)
  • caipín píce (“peak cap”)
  • caipín sonais (“caul”)
  • caipín súile (“eyelid”)
  • caipíneach (“capped, wearing cap; crested”, adjective)
  • clóca caipín (“hooded cloak”)
  • cluaisín caipín (“ear-flap”)
  • cluas caipín (“lug of cap”)
  • Donncha an chaipín (“cock stonechat”)
  • faoileán an chaipín (“black-headed gull”)
  • scriú caipín (“cap-screw”)
  • starraicín caipín (“peak of (woman's) cap”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caipín
radical lenition eclipsis
caipín chaipín gcaipín

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 29, page 12
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152

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