# colpa
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish colpthae.

#### Alternative forms

* colptha

#### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɔlˠəpˠə/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəpˠə/ (as if spelled colbtha, as epenthesis does not normally occur between l and p)

#### Noun

colpa m or f (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)
* calf (of leg)
    Synonyms: orca, pluc
* handle (of flail); cudgel

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
colpa
colpaí
vocative
a cholpa
a cholpaí
genitive
colpa
colpaí
dative
colpa
colpaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an colpa
na colpaí
genitive
an cholpa
na gcolpaí
dative
leis an gcolpa don cholpa
leis na colpaí :

###### Alternative (feminine) declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
colpa
colpaí
vocative
a cholpa
a cholpaí
genitive
colpa
colpaí
dative
colpa
colpaí
forms with the definite article
case
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

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

#### Noun

colpa m (genitive singular colpa, nominative plural colpaí)
* Alternative form of colpach (“yearling heifer or bullock, stirk”)
* collop (unit of grazing land)
* number of sheep, goats, geese, equated to a heifer for grazing purposes
* (cooking) collop

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
colpa
colpaí
vocative
a cholpa
a cholpaí
genitive
colpa
colpaí
dative
colpa
colpaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an colpa
na colpaí
genitive
an cholpa
na gcolpaí
dative
leis an gcolpa don cholpa
leis na colpaí :

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “colpthae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 362, page 124

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colpa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “colpa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “colpa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkol.pa/
* Rhymes: -olpa
* Hyphenation: cól‧pa

### Noun

colpa f (plural colpe)
* fault
* blame
    dare la colpa ― to blame (literally, “give the blame”)
* guilt
* sin

#### Derived terms

* colpevole
* discolpare
* scolpare

#### Related terms

* colpabile

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* palco, placo, placò, polca

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkolpa/ [ˈkol.pa]
* Rhymes: -olpa
* Syllabification: col‧pa

### Noun

colpa f (plural colpas)
* colcothar used as a flux for silver

### Verb

colpa
* inflection of colpar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “colpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10