ceap

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cepp (“tree stump; stock”), from Latin cippus (“stake”).[2] The verb is denominal from the noun.[3]

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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceap ceapa
Vocative a chip a cheapa
Genitive cip ceap
Dative ceap ceapa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceap na ceapa
Genitive an chip na gceap
Dative leis an gceap

don cheap

leis na ceapa

Derived terms

Verb

ceap (present analytic ceapann, future analytic ceapfaidh, verbal noun ceapadh, past participle ceaptha) (transitive, intransitive)

  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)
singular plural relative autonomous
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

Etymology 2

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”); see etymology 1.

Noun

ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)

  1. cep, porcini
Declension
Declension of ceap

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceap ceapa
Vocative a chip a cheapa
Genitive cip ceap
Dative ceap ceapa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceap na ceapa
Genitive an chip na gceap
Dative leis an gceap

don cheap

leis na ceapa

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceap cheap gceap
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 361, page 123
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cepp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ 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

Noun

ċēap m

  1. cattle, any commodity
  2. sale
  3. trade
  4. bargain
  5. price
  6. property

Declension

Declension of cēap (strong a-stem)
Case 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

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ceap cheap
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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