rópa

From Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɔuːpa/
• Rhymes: -ɔuːpa
• Homophone: rópað

rópa (third person singular past indicative rópti, third person plural past indicative róptu, supine rópt) or
rópa (third person singular past indicative rópaði, third person plural past indicative rópaðu, supine rópað)

1. to call, shout

Conjugation of rópa (group v-29-30)
infinitive	rópa
supine	rópað
participle (a5 (a39)/a6)1	rópandi	róptur/ rópaður
	present	past
first singular	rópi	rópti/ rópaði
second singular	rópar	rópti/ rópaði
third singular	rópar	rópti/ rópaði
plural	rópa	róptu/ rópaðu
	imperative
singular	rópa!
plural	rópið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

From Middle English rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠoːpˠə/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɾˠɔːpˠə/^[2]

rópa m (genitive singular rópa, nominative plural rópaí)

1. rope

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rópa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rópa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rópa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

From Portuguese roupa. Compare Spanish ropa.

rópa (plural rópa-rópa)

1. clothes, clothing

   usâ rópa ― to get dressed (literally, “to use clothes”)

   levâ rópa-rópa pa mainato ― to take the clothes to the laundry

2. dress

   rópa qui sai di bóca di cám ― wrinkled dress (literally, “dress that has come from a dog's mouth”)

3. suit

• armário-rópa (“wardrobe”)

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