ceap
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /capˠ/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish cepp (“tree stump; stock”), from Latin cippus (“stake”).
Noun
ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)
- stock
- block, base
- pad
- last
- nave, hub
- compact body
- (of person) chief, protector
- (horticulture) bed, plot
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- ceap búistéara (“chopping-block”)
- ceap ceangail (“bollard, bitt; bitts”)
- ceap dearnála (“darning egg”)
- 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) (transitive, intransitive)
- chip, block out
- fashion
- shape, invent
- appoint, assign
- conceive, think
- mean, intend
- block the path of, stop, catch
Conjugation
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | ceapaim | ceapann tú; ceapair† | ceapann sé, sí | ceapaimid | ceapann sibh | ceapann siad; ceapaid† | a cheapann; a cheapas / a gceapann*; a gceapas* | ceaptar |
past | cheap mé; cheapas | cheap tú; cheapais | cheap sé, sí | cheapamar; cheap muid | cheap sibh; cheapabhair | cheap siad; cheapadar | a cheap / ar cheap* | ceapadh | |
past habitual | cheapainn / gceapainn‡‡ | cheaptá / gceaptᇇ | cheapadh sé, sí / gceapadh sé, s퇇 | cheapaimis; cheapadh muid / gceapaimis‡‡; gceapadh muid‡‡ | cheapadh sibh / gceapadh sibh‡‡ | cheapaidís; cheapadh siad / gceapaidís‡‡; gceapadh siad‡‡ | a cheapadh / a gceapadh* | cheaptaí / gceapta퇇 | |
future | ceapfaidh mé; ceapfad | ceapfaidh tú; ceapfair† | ceapfaidh sé, sí | ceapfaimid; ceapfaidh muid | ceapfaidh sibh | ceapfaidh siad; ceapfaid† | a cheapfaidh; a cheapfas / a gceapfaidh*; a gceapfas* | ceapfar | |
conditional | cheapfainn / gceapfainn‡‡ | cheapfá / gceapfᇇ | cheapfadh sé, sí / gceapfadh sé, s퇇 | cheapfaimis; cheapfadh muid / gceapfaimis‡‡; gceapfadh muid‡‡ | cheapfadh sibh / gceapfadh sibh‡‡ | cheapfaidís; cheapfadh siad / gceapfaidís‡‡; gceapfadh siad‡‡ | a cheapfadh / a gceapfadh* | cheapfaí / gceapfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | 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 | ceapaim | ceap | ceapadh sé, sí | ceapaimis | ceapaigí; ceapaidh† | ceapaidís | — | ceaptar | |
verbal noun | ceapadh | ||||||||
past participle | ceaptha |
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- ceapaire
- coincheap
Etymology 2
From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”); see etymology 1.
Noun
ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)
- cep, porcini
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceap | cheap | gceap |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cepp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceppaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ceap”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ceapaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
- “cep” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “ceap” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kaup (“trade, purchase”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑːp/
Noun
ċēap m
- cattle, any commodity
- sale
- trade
- bargain
- price
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | cēap | cēapas |
accusative | cēap | cēapas |
genitive | cēapes | cēapa |
dative | cēape | cēapum |
Derived terms
- ċīepe (“for sale”)
Related terms
- ċēapian
- ċēapmann
- ċīepan
Descendants
- Middle English: chep, chepe
- English: cheap
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)
- block, lump
- last (shoemaker's)
- cap (head garment)
- cape (piece of land)
- fret (on a string instrument)
Derived terms
- buabhall Ceap (“Cape buffalo”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
ceap | cheap |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cepp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language