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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cepp (tree stump; stock), from Latin cippus (stake).

Noun

ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)

  1. stock
  2. block, base
  3. pad
  4. last
  5. nave, hub
  6. compact body
  7. (of person) chief, protector
  8. (horticulture) bed, plot
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

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

  1. chip, block out
  2. fashion
  3. shape, invent
  4. appoint, assign
  5. conceive, think
  6. mean, intend
  7. block the path of, stop, catch
Conjugation
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

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.

Further reading


Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaupō (merchant, salesman)

Pronunciation

Noun

ċēap m

  1. cattle, any commodity
  2. trade
  3. bargain

Declension

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

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