fochupán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ cupán (“cup”), probably a calque of French soucoupe, though the same formation is found in Italian sottocoppa and German Untertasse.

Noun

fochupán m (genitive singular fochupáin, nominative plural fochupáin)

1. saucer

   Synonym: sásar

Declension

Declension of fochupán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fochupán fochupáin vocative a fhochupáin a fhochupána genitive fochupáin fochupán dative fochupán fochupáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fochupán na fochupáin genitive an fhochupáin na bhfochupán dative leis an bhfochupán don fhochupán leis na fochupáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fochupán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fochupán	fhochupán	bhfochupán

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) “fochupán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fochupán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024