clupaid
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- cluipide, clupaide
Etymology
From Old Irish culpait (“hood, cowl”), from Latin culcita (“mattress, pillow”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠʊpˠədʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈklˠʊpˠədʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠʌpˠədʲə/[1] (corresponding to the form clupaide)
Noun
clupaid f (genitive singular clupaide, nominative plural clupaidí)
- fold, wrinkle (in clothing)
Declension
Declension of clupaid
Second declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
clupaid | chlupaid | gclupaid |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “clupaid” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “culpait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “cluipide” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 153.
- "clupaid" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 25