colpán

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, colpa (“calf”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlˠpˠaːnˠ/

Noun

colpán m (genitive singular colpáin, nominative plural colpáin)

  1. covering for calf of leg.
  2. handle

Declension

Declension of colpán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colpán colpáin
vocative a cholpáin a cholpána
genitive colpáin colpán
dative colpán colpáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an colpán na colpáin
genitive an cholpáin na gcolpán
dative leis an gcolpán
don cholpán 		leis na colpáin

Descendants

  • → Yola: colpaun

Further reading

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