ceap

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cepp (tree stump; stock), from Latin cippus (stake).[5] The verb is denominal from the noun.[6]

Noun

ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)

  1. block (cuboid base for cutting)
  2. base (something from which other things extend)
  3. pad (block of paper; flat surface where an aircraft may land or be launched)
Declension
Declension of ceap (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceap ceapa
vocative a chip a cheapa
genitive cip ceap
dative ceap ceapa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceap na ceapa
genitive an chip na gceap
dative leis an gceap
don cheap
leis na ceapa
Derived terms
  • ceap búistéara (chopping-block)
  • ceap ceangail (bollard, bitt; bitts)
  • ceap magaidh (laughing-stock)
  • ceap oifigí (office block)
  • ceap rotha (nave of wheel)
  • ceap tithe (block of houses)
  • ceap tuisle (stumbling block)
  • cipín

Verb

ceap (present analytic ceapann, future analytic ceapfaidh, verbal noun ceapadh, past participle ceaptha) (ambitransitive)

  1. to invent
  2. to appoint, assign (name to a post, select for a position)
  3. to think (communicate to oneself in one’s mind, be of the opinion that, guess, reckon)
  4. to catch (capture or snare, intercept an object in the air etc.)
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (stake); doublet of etymology 1.

Noun

ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)

  1. cep, porcini
Declension
Declension of ceap (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceap ceapa
vocative a chip a cheapa
genitive cip ceap
dative ceap ceapa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceap na ceapa
genitive an chip na gceap
dative leis an gceap
don cheap
leis na ceapa
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceap
radical lenition eclipsis
ceap cheap gceap

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 8, page 13
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 170
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 361, page 123
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 314
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cepp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  6. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceppaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaup (trade, purchase).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑːp/

Noun

ċēap m

  1. cattle, any commodity
  2. sale
  3. trade
  4. bargain
  5. price
  6. property

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: chep, chepe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cepp (tree stump; stock), from Latin cippus (stake).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲʰɛhp/

Noun

ceap m (genitive singular cip, plural cip or ceapan or ceapannan)

  1. block, lump
  2. last (shoemaker's)
  3. cap (head garment)
  4. cape (piece of land)
  5. fret (on a string instrument)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of ceap
radical lenition
ceap cheap

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading