cáipéis
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom English capias (“arrest warrant”), from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcáipéis f (genitive singular cáipéise, nominative plural cáipéisí)
- document
- cáipéis dlí ― legal document
Declension
editDeclension of cáipéis
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- cáipéiseach (“documentary”, adjective)
- cáipéisíocht f (“documentation”)
- mála cáipéisí m (“briefcase”)
Noun
editcáipéis
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cáipéis | cháipéis | gcáipéis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáipéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáipéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language