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

Mutated forms of suipéar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suipéar	shuipéar after an, tsuipéar	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

• 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