colpa

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish colpthae.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

colpa m or f (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

  1. calf (of leg)
    Synonyms: orca, pluc
  2. handle (of flail); cudgel
Declension
Declension of colpa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colpa colpaí
vocative a cholpa a cholpaí
genitive colpa colpaí
dative colpa colpaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an colpa na colpaí
genitive an cholpa na gcolpaí
dative leis an gcolpa
don cholpa 		leis na colpaí
Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of colpa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colpa colpaí
vocative a cholpa a cholpaí
genitive colpa colpaí
dative colpa colpaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cholpa na colpaí
genitive na colpa na gcolpaí
dative leis an gcolpa
don cholpa 		leis na colpaí
Derived terms
  • colpach (“large-calved; strong-legged”, adjective)
  • colpán m (“covering for calf of leg; handle of flail”)
  • gúna go colpa m (“midi dress”)
  • sciorta go colpa m (“midi”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

colpa m (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)

  1. alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)
  2. collop (unit of grazing land)
  3. number of sheep, goats, geese, equated to a heifer for grazing purposes
  4. (cooking) collop
Declension
Declension of colpa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative colpa colpaí
vocative a cholpa a cholpaí
genitive colpa colpaí
dative colpa colpaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an colpa na colpaí
genitive an cholpa na gcolpaí
dative leis an gcolpa
don cholpa 		leis na colpaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of colpa
radical lenition eclipsis
colpa cholpa gcolpa

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colpthae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 293, page 148
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 331, page 144
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 362, page 124

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin culpa, from Proto-Italic *kʷolpā (“wrong, mistake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolp-eh₂ (“bend, turn”), from *kʷelp-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkol.pa/
  • Rhymes: -olpa
  • Hyphenation: cól‧pa

Noun

colpa f (plural colpe)

  1. fault
  2. blame
    dare la colpa ― to blame (literally, “give the blame”)
  3. guilt
  4. sin

Derived terms

Further reading

  • colpa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolpa/ [ˈkol.pa]
  • Rhymes: -olpa
  • Syllabification: col‧pa

Noun

colpa f (plural colpas)

  1. colcothar used as a flux for silver

Verb

colpa

  1. inflection of colpar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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