Irish
Etymology
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Noun
ceapach f (genitive singular ceapaí, nominative plural ceapacha)
- (horticulture) bed
- plot (of land, of ground)
- Synonyms: paintéar, plásán, ceapach thalún, plásóg, ceap
- glade
Declension
Declension of ceapach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ceapach
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ceapacha
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| vocative
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a cheapach
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a cheapacha
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| genitive
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ceapaí
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ceapach
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| dative
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ceapach
ceapaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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ceapacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an cheapach
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na ceapacha
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| genitive
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na ceapaí
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na gceapach
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| dative
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leis an gceapach
leis an gceapaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don cheapach
don cheapaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na ceapacha
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutated forms of ceapach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| ceapach
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cheapach
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gceapach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceapach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceapach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceapach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025