suipéar

See also: suipear

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish suipér (whence also Scottish Gaelic suipear and Manx shibber), from Anglo-Norman soper; compare English supper and French souper.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɪˈpʲeːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɪpʲeːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɪpʲeɾˠ/

Noun

suipéar m (genitive singular suipéir, nominative plural suipéir)

1. supper

Declension

Declension of suipéar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative suipéar suipéir Vocative a shuipéir a shuipéara Genitive suipéir suipéar Dative suipéar suipéir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an suipéar na suipéir Genitive an tsuipéir na suipéar Dative leis an suipéar don suipéar leis na suipéir

Descendants

• → Yola: sippeare, seppeare

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suipéar	shuipéar after an, tsuipéar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “suipér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suipéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN