cep
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛp/
- Rhymes: -ɛp
Noun
cep (plural ceps)
- An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).
- 2015 April 20, David Khayat, The Anticancer Diet: Reduce Cancer Risk Through the Foods You Eat, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:
- Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?
Synonyms
Translations
Anagrams
Ainu
Etymology
From ci- (“mediopassive prefix”) + e (“to eat”) + -p (“thing”), literally “thing that is eaten”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃep/
Noun
cep (Kana spelling チェㇷ゚)
- fish
- 1969, 貝澤とぅるしの, “2-2 ウエペケㇾ「ランコ カッケマッ」(桂の木の女神)”, in 第2年次調査研究報告書1/3, 文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published 2015年3月:
- ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ フ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレ
- nea menokopo ka nea ci aep ka hu cep ka a=kore
- I also gave the girl cooked food and raw fish.
References
Albanian
Alternative forms
- step — metathesis
Etymology
Doublet of thep, with affricated initial consonant. More at thep.[1]
Part of a rich phonolexical series represented by variants covering almost all vocalic grades ("a", "e", "i", "o", "u") and with consonantal variants with "c", "ç", "q", and "sh" (çak, cek, çek, qek, cik, çik, cok, çok, qok, cuk, quk, çuk, etc).
Source of Romanian țeapă, or cognate to it from a common pre-Roman term of Balkan substratum. Possible co-source of Romanian țipilic (“peak, top”) and țăpălic (“id.”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sɛp]
Noun
cep m (plural cepa, definite cepi, definite plural cepat)
- corner, angle, wedge
- Synonyms: skanj, qoshe, kënd
- edge, tip; tip of the shoulder
- (geometry) external angle
- (geography) cape
- beak
- Synonym: sqep
- peak, top (of mountain or rock)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | cep | cepi | cepa | cepat |
accusative | cepin | |||
dative | cepi | cepit | cepave | cepave |
ablative | cepash |
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
- ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cep”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 20-21
Further reading
- “cep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cippus (compare Occitan cep, French cep, Spanish cepo).
Pronunciation
Noun
cep m (plural ceps)
- vine
- porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)
- Synonym: buixó
Derived terms
- cep negre
- cep regi
Further reading
- “cep”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “cep” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech cěp, from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛp]
- Rhymes: -ɛp
Noun
cep m inan
- flail (tool)
Declension
Further reading
- “cep”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cep”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “cep”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippe, cèpe, and sep.
Pronunciation
Noun
cep m (plural ceps)
Further reading
- “cep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
- Rhymes: -ɛp
- Syllabification: cep
Noun
cep m inan
- (often in the plural) flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “cepë”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cepë”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 126
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cep”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cep”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
- “cep”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
- “cepë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Latvian
Verb
cep
- inflection of cept:
- second/third-person singular present indicative
- third-person plural present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cept
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cept
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- cepow
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
- Rhymes: -ɛp
- Syllabification: cep
Noun
cep
- genitive of cepy
Middle English
Noun
cep
- alternative form of cappe
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keːp/
Verb
cēp
- singular imperative of cēpan
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ. First attested in 1400.
Pronunciation
Noun
cep m inan
- (chiefly in the plural, attested in Pomerania, Kuyavia, Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands) flail, thresher (tool for threshing grain)
- 1874-1891 [XV in.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[3], [4], [5], volume XXIV, Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kcynia, page 67:
- Ipse rusticus receptis cepi eam de se expelit
- [Ipse rusticus receptis cepy eam de se expelit]
- 1885-2024 [XV p. pr.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[6], volume V, page 29:
- Czep tribula
- [Cep tribula]
- 1450, rkps Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. KP 224., Uście Solne, Lviv:
- Tribula est instrumentum aptum ad tribulandum, que est genus vehiculi, in quo excuciunt frumenta, tribula czepy
- [Tribula est instrumentum aptum ad tribulandum, que est genus vehiculi, in quo excuciunt frumenta, tribula cepy]
- 1930 [c. 1455], “I Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[7], 20, 3:
- Ten lyvd, gen bil w nyem, wiwyodl gy precz y kazal gy cepi mlocycz a zelyazne broni po nych wloczicz, a okowanimy wozi przes nye geszdzicz tak, abi bily rostargany
- [Ten lud, jen był w niem, wywiodł ji precz i kazał ji cepy młocić a żelazne brony po nich włoczyć, a okowanymi wozy przez nie jeździć tak, aby byli roztargani]
- 1930 [c. 1455], “I Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)[8], 21, 23:
- Dam y woli ku obyecye y cepi w myasto drew
- [Dam i woli ku obiecie i cepy w miasto drzew]
- 1868 [1468], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego[9], volume XIJI (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 571:
- Cum... duobus tritulatoribus quemlibet cum czepi
- [Cum... duobus tritulatoribus quemlibet cum cepy]
- 1907 [c. 1470], Jakub Parkoszowic, edited by Jan Łoś, Traktat o ortografii polskiej[10], Żurawica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Krakow, page 406:
- Tripliciter in Polonorum ideomate asperatur: grosse, grossius et molliciter... Exempium tercii: cepi, cebula
- [Tripliciter in Polonorum ideomate asperatur: grosse, grossius et molliciter... Exempium tercii: cepy, cebula]
- 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 48:
- Czepy tribulas
- [Cepy tribulas]
- 1885-2024 [XV p. post.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne[11], volume V, page 18:
- Czepy tribula
- [Cepy tribula]
- 1856-1870 [1400], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki[12], volume VIII, number CCCXLVII 28:
- Pro uiolenta repercussione peccorum ac pro uiolenta seccione vlg. czepy
- [Pro uiolenta repercussione peccorum ac pro uiolenta seccione vlg. cepy]
- 1440, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza z rękopisu znajdującego się w zbiorach Biblioteki Klasztornej oo. Paulinów na Jasnej Górze pod sygn. II 25 z r. 1444, page 263r:
- Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tribulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quuo concuciuntur frumenta Et est diferentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est [t]ribulus osseth [tribu]la cepi [ribu]lum quuoque verczymak Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quuo conteritur papaver piper uel alie species aromatice uel gorczycza
- [Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tribulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quuo concuciuntur frumenta Et est diferentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est [t]ribulus osseth [tribu]la cepy [ribu]lum quuoque verczymak Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quuo conteritur papaver piper uel alie species aromatice uel gorczycza]
- 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 237v:
- Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tritulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quo excuciuntur frumenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osszeth [tribu]la czepy [trib]lum quoque wercymąk Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo conteritur piper papauer uel alie species aromatice
- [Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tritulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quo excuciuntur frumenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osszeth [tribu]la cepy [trib]lum quoque wercymąk Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo conteritur piper papauer uel alie species aromatice]
- 1476, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 3297, z r. 1476, page 240v:
- Tribula est instrumentum ad tritulandum aptum uel est genus vechiculi cum quo frumenta excuciuntur Et est differencia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la czepy [tribu]lum quoque vyerczyoch Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo teritur piper papauer et alie species aromatice
- [Tribula est instrumentum ad tritulandum aptum uel est genus vechiculi cum quo frumenta excuciuntur Et est differencia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la cepy [tribu]lum quoque vyerczyoch Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo teritur piper papauer et alie species aromatice]
- XV p. post., Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 1630, page 241r:
- Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad triturandum vel est genus vehyculi cum quo excuciuntur frvmenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la czepi [tribu]lum quoque vyerczoch Tribulus enim est herba spinosa […] Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quo conteritur papaver piper uel alye species aromatice
- [Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad triturandum vel est genus vehyculi cum quo excuciuntur frvmenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la cepy [tribu]lum quoque vyerczoch Tribulus enim est herba spinosa […] Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quo conteritur papaver piper uel alye species aromatice]
- c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 140v:
- Tribulus est oszeth [tribu]lum cepy [tribu]la quoque vyerczyoch
- [Tribulus est oszeth [tribu]lum czepy [tribu]la quoque wiercioch]
- (in the plural) flail (iron weapon resembling this tool)
- 1893 [1471], Konstanty Górski, editor, Historia piechoty polskiej[13], page 209:
- Czepy a myecz
- [Cepy a miecz]
- 1856-1870 [1474], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki[14], volume VII, number 163:
- Peditem... cum czepy, pawesza et galea
- [Peditem... cum cepy, pawesza et galea]
- 1856-1870 [1498], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki[15], volume VII, number 146:
- Peditem cum gladio ac czepy
- [Peditem cum gladio ac cepy]
- 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 161r:
- Percussorium est domus in qua fabricatur ferrum uel dicitur czepy
- [Percussorium est domus in qua fabricatur ferrum uel dicitur cepy]
Descendants
- Polish: cep, cepa (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz)
- Silesian: cep, cyp
References
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “cepy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “cepy”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “cep, cepy”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “cep”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
- K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “cep, cepy”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 218
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “cep, cepy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
- Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “cepy”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Polish
Alternative forms
- cepa (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Kielce) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
- (Western Kraków) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
- (Biecz) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛp
- Syllabification: cep
Noun
cep m inan
- flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)
- flail (weapon in the shape of this tool)
- (in the plural, mining) tightener (device that increases the manual force when tightening parts of a drilling jig)
- (weaving) loom pedal (type of pedal that moves s mechanism for interlacing warp threads in a weaving loom)
Usage notes
- Historically and dialectally only in the plural.
Declension
Noun
cep m pers
- (colloquial, derogatory) moron, idiot
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec
Declension
Further reading
- cep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cep in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cep”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “CEP”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.10.2014
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 264
- Jan Karłowicz (1900) “cep”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 166
- cep in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- Jan Łoś (1886) “cepy”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182
- Roman Zawiliński (1880) “cepy”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 227
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cippus, with some senses possibly influenced by Proto-Slavic *čepъ.
Noun
cep n (plural cepuri)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | cep | cepul | cepuri | cepurile | |
genitive-dative | cep | cepului | cepuri | cepurilor | |
vocative | cepule | cepurilor |
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ (Russian цеп (cep), Polish cepy).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sêːp/
Noun
cȇp m inan (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cȇp | cȅpovi |
genitive | cepa | cepova |
dative | cepu | cepovima |
accusative | cep | cepove |
vocative | cepe | cepovi |
locative | cepu | cepovima |
instrumental | cepom | cepovima |
Etymology 2
From cépati.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sêːp/
Noun
cȇp m inan (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)
- (agriculture) flail (device for threshing grain)
- (rare) rag
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cep | cepovi |
genitive | cepa | cepova |
dative | cepu | cepovima |
accusative | cep | cepove |
vocative | cepe | cepovi |
locative | cepu | cepovima |
instrumental | cepom | cepovima |
References
- “cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Silesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish cep.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛp/
- Rhymes: -ɛp
- Syllabification: cep
Noun
cep m inan
- flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)
Noun
cep m pers
- (derogatory) moron, idiot
Further reading
- cep in silling.org
- Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “cep”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 67
- Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “cep, cyp”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), section C, page 11
- Michał Przywara (c. 1900) “cep”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik[16]
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡sep]
Noun
cep m inan (relational adjective cepový, augmentative cepisko)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | cep | cepy |
genitive | cepa | cepov |
dative | cepu | cepom |
accusative | cep | cepy |
locative | cepe | cepoch |
instrumental | cepom | cepmi |
Further reading
- “cep”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Tatar
Noun
cep
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جیب (ceb, cep), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “pocket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒep/
Audio: (file)
Noun
cep (definite accusative cebi, plural cepler)
- (colloquial) mobile phone
Declension
|