# cupa
## Irish
### Etymology

From Middle Irish cupa, from Middle English cuppe.

### Noun

cupa m (genitive singular cupa, nominative plural cupaí)
* cup
** (botany) cup (of flower)
* cupel

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cupa
cupaí
vocative
a chupa
a chupaí
genitive
cupa
cupaí
dative
cupa
cupaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an cupa
na cupaí
genitive
an chupa
na gcupaí
dative
leis an gcupa don chupa
leis na cupaí :

#### Derived terms

* cístín cupa (“cupcake”)
* (cluiche) cupa is liathróide (“cup-and-ball (game)”)
* cupa dearcáin (“acorn-cup”)
* cupa sróine (“a large thick nose”)
* cupa súcháin (“suction cup”)
* cupa súl (“eye-bath”)
* práta cupaí (“large variety of potatoes”)

#### Related terms

* cupán

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cupa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cupa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cupa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cupa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.pa/
* Rhymes: -upa
* Hyphenation: cù‧pa

### Adjective

cupa f sg
* feminine singular of cupo

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkuː.pa/, [ˈkuːpä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈku.pa/, [ˈkuːpä]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”), perhaps of substrate origin. Cognate with Old English hȳf (modern English hive), Sanskrit कूप (kūpa, “well, hollow, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker, goblet”).

#### Noun

cūpa f (genitive cūpae); first declension
* tub, cask, tun, vat

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* ⇒ Latin: cūpula
* Late Latin: cuppa (see there for further descendants)
* Bourguignon: cueuve
* → German: Kufe
* Dutch: kuip
* French: cuve
* Italian: cupo
* → Old English: cȳf
** Middle English: kive
*** English: keeve
* →? Old English: cȳpe
** >? Middle English: cǒupe, cupe
*** English: coop
*** Yola: coopen
* Spanish: cuba
* Portuguese: cuba

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē).

#### Noun

cūpa f (genitive cūpae); first declension
* handle, axle

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cūpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 155

### Further reading

* “cupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “cupa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* cupa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* cupa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “cupa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “cupa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish cupa, from Middle English cuppe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰuʰpʰə/

### Noun

cupa m (genitive singular cupa, plural cupachan or cupaichean or cupanan)
* cup
* vial

#### Derived terms

* gille-cupa m (“cup-bearer”)

### See also

* cuppa

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “cupa”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cupa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language