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Old English · noun

cuppe

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈkup.pe/
Syllables
ˈkup · pe (2 syllables)
Modern English
cup

Meaning

  1. cup

Declension

Declension of cuppe
SingularPlural
Nominative cuppecuppan
Accusative cuppancuppan
Genitive cuppancuppena
Dative cuppancuppum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Uncertain. Generally regarded as a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa (therefore a doublet of cȳf and cȳpe). Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (compare Old English copp (“vessel; cup”)).

Descendants

cup

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