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capán

capán

See also: capan

Irish

Alternative forms

cupán

Noun

capán m ‎(genitive singular capáin, nominative plural capáin)

saucer-like wooden dish, bailer

Declension

Declension of capán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capán	capáin
Vocative	a chapáin	a chapána
Genitive	capáin	capán
Dative	capán	capáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an capán	na capáin
Genitive	an chapáin	na gcapán
Dative	leis an gcapán don chapán	leis na capáin

Derived terms

capán glúine ‎(“knee-cap”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
capán	chapán	gcapán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"capán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.