caipín

caipín

Irish

Etymology

From English cap + -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈpʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkapʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkapʲinʲ/

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative caipín caipíní Vocative a chaipín a chaipíní Genitive caipín caipíní Dative caipín caipíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an caipín na caipíní Genitive an chaipín na gcaipíní Dative leis an gcaipín don chaipín leis na caipíní

Derived terms

• adharc caipín, bos caipín, speic caipín (“peak of cap”)
• 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”)
• caipíneach (“capped, wearing cap; crested”, adjective)
• caipín glúine (“knee-cap”)
• caipín (mullaigh) (“top covering (on haycock, etc.)”)
• caipín píce (“peak cap”)
• caipín sonais (“caul”)
• caipín súile (“eyelid”)
• 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caipín	chaipín	gcaipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "caipín" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.