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
    Conjugation of ceap (first conjugation – A)
    indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present ceapaim ceapann tú;
    ceapair†     		ceapann sé, sí ceapaimid; ceapann muid ceapann sibh ceapann siad;
    ceapaid†     		a cheapann; a cheapas ceaptar
    past cheap mé; cheapas cheap tú; cheapais cheap sé, sí cheapamar; cheap muid cheap sibh; cheapabhair cheap siad; cheapadar a cheap ceapadh
    past habitual cheapainn /
    ceapainn‡     		cheaptá /
    ceaptᇠ    		cheapadh sé, sí /
    ceapadh sé, sí‡     		cheapaimis; cheapadh muid /
    ceapaimis‡; ceapadh muid‡     		cheapadh sibh /
    ceapadh sibh‡     		cheapaidís; cheapadh siad /
    ceapaidís‡; ceapadh siad‡     		a cheapadh cheaptaí /
    ceaptaí‡
    singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    future ceapfaidh mé;
    ceapfad     		ceapfaidh tú;
    ceapfair†     		ceapfaidh sé, sí ceapfaimid;
    ceapfaidh muid     		ceapfaidh sibh ceapfaidh siad;
    ceapfaid†     		a cheapfaidh; a cheapfas ceapfar
    conditional cheapfainn /
    ceapfainn‡     		cheapfá /
    ceapfᇠ    		cheapfadh sé, sí /
    ceapfadh sé, sí‡     		cheapfaimis; cheapfadh muid /
    ceapfaimis‡; ceapfadh muid‡     		cheapfadh sibh /
    ceapfadh sibh‡     		cheapfaidís; cheapfadh siad /
    ceapfaidís‡; ceapfadh siad‡     		a cheapfadh cheapfaí /
    ceapfaí‡
    subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    present go gceapa mé;
    go gceapad†     		go gceapa tú;
    go gceapair†     		go gceapa sé, sí go gceapaimid;
    go gceapa muid     		go gceapa sibh go gceapa siad;
    go gceapaid†     		— go gceaptar
    past dá gceapainn dá gceaptá dá gceapadh sé, sí dá gceapaimis;
    dá gceapadh muid     		dá gceapadh sibh dá gceapaidís;
    dá gceapadh siad     		— dá gceaptaí
    imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
    first second third first second third
    — ceapaim ceap ceapadh sé, sí ceapaimis ceapaigí;
    ceapaidh†     		ceapaidís — ceaptar
    past participle ceaptha
    verbal noun ceapadh

    † archaic or dialect form
    ‡ dependent form

    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:

      singular plural
      nominative cēap cēapas
      accusative cēap cēapas
      genitive cēapes cēapa
      dative cēape cēapum

      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

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