caipín

Irish

Etymology

From English cap + -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kaˈpʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkapʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkapʲinʲ/

Noun

caipín m (genitive singular caipín, nominative plural caipíní)

  1. cap; lid
  2. crest (of wave)
  3. top; tip

Declension
Declension of caipín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caipín caipíní
Vocative a chaipín a chaipíní
Genitive caipín caipíní
Dative caipín caipíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an caipín na caipíní
Genitive an chaipín na gcaipíní
Dative leis an gcaipín

don chaipín

 leis na caipíní

Derived terms
  • adharc caipín, bos caipín, speic caipín (“peak of cap”)
  • caipín buailte, caipín forbhuailte (“percussion cap”)
  • caipín clóca (“hood of cloak”)
  • caipín cluasach (“cap with ear-flaps”)
  • caipín cogaidh (“(rush) helmet”)
  • caipín dearg (“redcap”)
  • caipín dubh (“blackcap”)
  • caipíneach (“capped, wearing cap; crested”, adjective)
  • caipín glúine (“knee-cap”)
  • caipín (mullaigh) (“top covering (on haycock, etc.)”)
  • caipín píce (“peak cap”)
  • caipín sonais (“caul”)
  • caipín súile (“eyelid”)
  • clóca caipín (“hooded cloak”)
  • cluaisín caipín (“ear-flap”)
  • cluas caipín (“lug of cap”)
  • Donncha an chaipín (“cock stonechat”)
  • faoileán an chaipín (“black-headed gull”)
  • scriú caipín (“cap-screw”)
  • starraicín caipín (“peak of (woman's) cap”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caipín chaipín gcaipín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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