siopa

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɯpˠə/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊpˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɨ̞pˠə/

Noun

siopa m (genitive singular siopa, nominative plural siopaí)

1. shop, store

   siopa ilranna ― department store

2. (attributive) ready-made, boughten, storebought (as distinct from being home-produced or handmade)

   bia siopa ― food bought from a shop

   bróga siopa ― ready-made shoes

   éadaí siopa ― ready-made clothes

Declension

Declension of siopa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative siopa siopaí vocative a shiopa a shiopaí genitive siopa siopaí dative siopa siopaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an siopa na siopaí genitive an tsiopa na siopaí dative leis an siopa don siopa leis na siopaí

Derived terms

• buachaill siopa (“male shop assistant, shop man”)
• cailín siopa (“assistant, saleswoman, shop-girl”)
• ceantar siopaí (“shopping centre”)
• cigire siopa (“shop-walker”)
• clár siopa (“(shop) sign-board”)
• cleachtadh siopa (“shop practice”)
• coinneáil siopa (“shopkeeping”)
• cúntóir siopa (“counter-jumper”)
• éadan siopa (“shop-front”)
• fear siopa (“shopman, shopkeeper”)
• feistitheoir siopa (“shop-fitter”)
• fógra siopa (“shop sign”)
• freastalaí siopa (“shop-assistant”)
• fuinneog siopa (“shop-window”)
• gadaí siopa (“shop-lifter”)
• gadaíocht siopa (“shop-lifting”)
• giolla siopa (“porter, salesman, shop-boy”)
• lucht siopaí (“shopkeepers; shopworkers”)
• maor siopa (“shop-walker”)
• siopa bainne (“dairy”)
• siopa bearbóra (“hairdressing saloon”)
• siopa mór (“department store”)
• siopa páipéir (“stationer's shop”)
• siopa saor (“bazaar”)
• siopa tógála (“erecting shop”)
• smolta ón siopa (“shop-soiled”)
• sreangshiopa (“chain-store”)
• teach siopa (“business”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of siopa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
siopa	shiopa after an, tsiopa	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “siopa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 645
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “siopa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “siopa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “siopa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Pangasinan

Etymology

From si- +‎ opa. Compare Ibaloi sipa, Indonesian siapa & Malay siapa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sio‧pa
• IPA^(key): /ˈsjopa/, [ˈʃʊ.pa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsipa/, [ˈsɪ.pa]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsopa/, [ˈsʊ.pa]

Pronoun

siopa

1. who

   Siopa 'yo?

   Who is this? Who is it?

2. whose

   Siopay akan-gawa'd sarayan kaoes?

   Whose clothes are these?

Welsh

Etymology

Denominal verb from siop, from English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔpa/

Verb

siopa (first-person singular present siopaf, not mutable)

1. to shop

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	siopaf	siopi	siopa	siopwn	siopwch	siopant	siopir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	siopwn	siopit	siopai	siopem	siopech	siopent	siopid
preterite	siopais	siopaist	siopodd	siopasom	siopasoch	siopasant	siopwyd
pluperfect	siopaswn	siopasit	siopasai	siopasem	siopasech	siopasent	siopasid, siopesid
present subjunctive	siopwyf	siopych	siopo	siopom	siopoch	siopont	sioper
imperative	—	siopa	sioped	siopwn	siopwch	siopent	sioper
verbal noun	siopa
verbal adjectives	siopedig siopadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	siopa i, siopaf i	siopi di	siopith o/e/hi, siopiff e/hi	siopwn ni	siopwch chi	siopan nhw
conditional	siopwn i, siopswn i	siopet ti, siopset ti	siopai fo/fe/hi, siopsai fo/fe/hi	siopen ni, siopsen ni	siopech chi, siopsech chi	siopen nhw, siopsen nhw
preterite	siopais i, siopes i	siopaist ti, siopest ti	siopodd o/e/hi	siopon ni	siopoch chi	siopon nhw
imperative	—	siopa	—	—	siopwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Related terms

• siop

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “siopa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies