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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish seipél, séipél, saipél, sáipél, borrowed from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”).
Pronunciation
Noun
séipéal m (genitive singular séipéil, nominative plural séipéil)
- chapel (place of worship)
- Synonym: teach pobail
Usage notes
The term séipéal is used mostly of Roman Catholic chapels; Protestant churches are called teampall.
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| séipéal
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shéipéal
after an, tséipéal
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “seipél, séipél, saipél, sáipél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séipéal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 634
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séipéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN