ceapaire

Irish

Etymology

Originally “shaped object”, from ceap (“to shape, form”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcapˠəɾʲə/[1]

Noun

ceapaire m (genitive singular ceapaire, nominative plural ceapairí)

  1. a flat cake
  2. a piece of bread and butter
  3. a sandwich
    Tá an fear ag ithe ceapaire.
    The man is eating a sandwich.

Declension

Declension of ceapaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceapaire ceapairí
vocative a cheapaire a cheapairí
genitive ceapaire ceapairí
dative ceapaire ceapairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceapaire na ceapairí
genitive an cheapaire na gceapairí
dative leis an gceapaire
don cheapaire 		leis na ceapairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceapaire
radical lenition eclipsis
ceapaire cheapaire gceapaire

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Further reading

  • “ceapaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ceapaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 178; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceapaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Originally “shaped object”, from ceap (“to shape, form”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰɛhpəɾʲə/

Noun

ceapaire m (genitive singular ceapaire, plural ceapairean)

  1. sandwich

Mutation

Mutation of ceapaire
radical lenition
ceapaire cheapaire

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

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