Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)

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

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
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Etymology 2 edit

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (stake); see etymology 1.

Noun edit

ceap m (genitive singular cip, nominative plural ceapa)

  1. cep, porcini
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Mutation edit

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.

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Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *kaup (trade, purchase).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ċēap m

  1. cattle, any commodity
  2. sale
  3. trade
  4. bargain
  5. price
  6. property

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Descendants edit

  • Middle English: chep, chepe

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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)

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Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ceap cheap
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit