ceap
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /capˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [cæːpˠ]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Irish cepp (“tree stump; stock”), from Latin cippus (“stake”). The verb is denominal from the noun.
==== Noun ====
ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)
block (cuboid base for cutting)
base (something from which other things extend)
pad (block of paper; flat surface where an aircraft may land or be launched)
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
==== Verb ====
ceap (present analytic ceapann, future analytic ceapfaidh, verbal noun ceapadh, past participle ceaptha) (ambitransitive)
to invent
to appoint, assign (name to a post, select for a position)
to think (communicate to oneself in one’s mind, be of the opinion that, guess, reckon)
to catch (capture or snare, intercept an object in the air etc.)
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
ceapaire
coincheap
=== Etymology 2 ===
From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”); doublet of etymology 1.
==== Noun ====
ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)
cep, porcini
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
ceap dearnála (“darning mushroom”)
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceap”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ceap; ceapaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
“cep”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ceap”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
== Old English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *kaup (“trade, purchase”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑːp/
Rhymes: -æ͜ɑːp
=== Noun ===
ċēap m
cattle, any commodity
sale
trade
bargain
price
property
==== Declension ====
Strong a-stem:
==== 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 ===
=== Further reading ===
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cepp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language