ceapach

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ceapach f (genitive singular ceapaí, nominative plural ceapacha)

1. (horticulture) bed
2. plot (of land, of ground)

   Synonyms: paintéar, plásán, ceapach thalún, plásóg, ceap

3. glade

Declension

Declension of ceapach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceapach ceapacha Vocative a cheapach a cheapacha Genitive ceapaí ceapach Dative ceapach ceapaigh (archaic, dialectal) ceapacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheapach na ceapacha Genitive na ceapaí na gceapach Dative leis an gceapach leis an gceapaigh (archaic, dialectal) don cheapach don cheapaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na ceapacha

Descendants

• English: Cappoquin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceapach	cheapach	gceapach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceapach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “ceapach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ceapach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.