fochupán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ cupán (“cup”), probably a calque of French soucoupe, though the same formation is found in Italian sottocoppa and German Untertasse.

Noun

fochupán m (genitive singular fochupáin, nominative plural fochupáin)

  1. saucer
    Synonym: sásar

Declension

Declension of fochupán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fochupán fochupáin
vocative a fhochupáin a fhochupána
genitive fochupáin fochupán
dative fochupán fochupáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fochupán na fochupáin
genitive an fhochupáin na bhfochupán
dative leis an bhfochupán
don fhochupán 		leis na fochupáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fochupán
radical lenition eclipsis
fochupán fhochupán bhfochupán

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

Further reading

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