calpa

English

Noun

calpa (plural calpas)

1. Alternative form of kalpa

Anagrams

• ALPAC, Lacap

Irish

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, nominative plural calpaí)

1. Alternative form of colpa (“calf (of leg); handle (of flail); cudgel”)

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, nominative plural calpaí)

1. Alternative form of colpa (“collop”)

Declension

Declension of calpa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative calpa calpaí vocative a chalpa a chalpaí genitive calpa calpaí dative calpa calpaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an calpa na calpaí genitive an chalpa na gcalpaí dative leis an gcalpa don chalpa leis na calpaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of calpa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
calpa	chalpa	gcalpa

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “calpa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, plural calpannan)

1. calf (part of leg)

Etymology 2

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, plural calpannan)

1. capital (finances)

Derived terms

• airgead-calpa

Related terms

• calpach
• calpachas
• calpaire