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)

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suipéar	shuipéar after an, tsuipéar	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “suipér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suipéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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