cúpla focaln.

Brit.

/ˌkuːplə ˈfʌkl/, U.S.

/ˌkuplə ˈfək(ə)l/, Irish English

/ˌkuːplə ˈfʌkl/

Forms: 1900s– cupla focal, 1900s– cúpla focal, 1900s– cúpla focail (nonstandard).

Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish cúpla focal.

Etymology: < Irish cúpla focal a few words (especially in contexts such as cúpla focal a rá to say a few words (also with other verbs); 1905 or earlier) < cúpla a couple, a few + focal , genitive plural of focal word, probably after English a few words (compare to say a few words at say v.¹ and int. Phrases 7g).Irish cúpla (16th cent. or earlier) is a borrowing < either English couple n. or its Middle French etymon. Irish focal word (Early Irish focal word, judgement) is probably < a Celtic reflex of the Indo-European base of classical Latin vōx voice n. + a Celtic suffix forming nouns (compare the apparently similarly-formed Welsh †gwaethl debate, contention). Variant forms. The form cúpla focail reflects an erroneous construction of the Irish phrase, with the second element in either the nominative plural or the genitive singular.

Irish English.

A few words in Irish; esp. a token Irish phrase used to introduce a speech, etc., that is otherwise in English. Often with the.

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1975 Kerryman (Ireland) 7 Feb. 2/3 The winning composer will receive a prize of £250—but if the winning song is in Irish you can make that £500. Did someone say the Minister was brushing up on his cupla focal?

1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. 14 In the past, some of the Gaeltacht ministers paid only token heed to their brief, tossing off the cupla focal by rote when the need arose.

2017 M. McCaughan Coming Home (e-book ed.) The locals may feel that you are trying out the cúpla focal as some sort of favour to them—a favour, frankly, they don't need.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	cúpla focal
释义	cúpla focaln. Brit. /ˌkuːplə ˈfʌkl/, U.S. /ˌkuplə ˈfək(ə)l/, Irish English /ˌkuːplə ˈfʌkl/ Forms: 1900s– cupla focal, 1900s– cúpla focal, 1900s– cúpla focail (nonstandard). Origin: A borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish cúpla focal. Etymology: < Irish cúpla focal a few words (especially in contexts such as cúpla focal a rá to say a few words (also with other verbs); 1905 or earlier) < cúpla a couple, a few + focal , genitive plural of focal word, probably after English a few words (compare to say a few words at say v.¹ and int. Phrases 7g).Irish cúpla (16th cent. or earlier) is a borrowing < either English couple n. or its Middle French etymon. Irish focal word (Early Irish focal word, judgement) is probably < a Celtic reflex of the Indo-European base of classical Latin vōx voice n. + a Celtic suffix forming nouns (compare the apparently similarly-formed Welsh †gwaethl debate, contention). Variant forms. The form cúpla focail reflects an erroneous construction of the Irish phrase, with the second element in either the nominative plural or the genitive singular. Irish English. A few words in Irish; esp. a token Irish phrase used to introduce a speech, etc., that is otherwise in English. Often with the. ΚΠ 1975 Kerryman (Ireland) 7 Feb. 2/3 The winning composer will receive a prize of £250—but if the winning song is in Irish you can make that £500. Did someone say the Minister was brushing up on his cupla focal? 1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Feb. 14 In the past, some of the Gaeltacht ministers paid only token heed to their brief, tossing off the cupla focal by rote when the need arose. 2017 M. McCaughan Coming Home (e-book ed.) The locals may feel that you are trying out the cúpla focal as some sort of favour to them—a favour, frankly, they don't need. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1975
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