calpa

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English

Noun

calpa (plural calpas )

Alternative form of kalpa .

Anagrams

ALPAC , Lacap

Irish

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, nominative plural calpaí )

alternative form of colpa ("calf (of leg); handle (of flail); cudgel")

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, nominative plural calpaí )

alternative form of colpa ("collop")

Declension

Declension of calpa (fourth declension)

bare forms
singular	plural
nominative	calpa	calpaí
vocative	a chalpa	a chalpaí
genitive	calpa	calpaí
dative	calpa	calpaí

forms with the definite article
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 [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish calpthae, colpthae .^[1]

Pronunciation

(Lewis ) IPA ^(key): /ˈkhaˈl̪ɣahp(ə)/^[2]
(Harris , Uist , Skye , Wester Ross ) IPA ^(key): /ˈkhaˈl̪ɣahpə/^[2]^[3]
(Barra ) IPA ^(key): /ˈkhaˈl̪ɣahpʌ/^[2]

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, nominative plural calpannan )

calf (part of leg)

Etymology 2

Noun

calpa m (genitive singular calpa, nominative plural calpannan )

capital (finances)

Derived terms

airgead-calpa

Related terms

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), "colpthae", in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 213
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, pages 33, 90

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