ceapaire

Irish

Etymology

Originally “shaped object”, from ceap (“to shape, form”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcapˠəɾʲə/

Noun

ceapaire m (genitive singular ceapaire, nominative plural ceapairí)

1. a flat cake
2. a piece of bread and butter
3. a sandwich

   Tá an fear ag ithe ceapaire.

   The man is eating a sandwich.

Declension

Declension of ceapaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceapaire ceapairí Vocative a cheapaire a cheapairí Genitive ceapaire ceapairí Dative ceapaire ceapairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceapaire na ceapairí Genitive an cheapaire na gceapairí Dative leis an gceapaire don cheapaire leis na ceapairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceapaire	cheapaire	gceapaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ceapaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceapaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceapaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Originally “shaped object”, from ceap (“to shape, form”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰɛhpəɾʲə/

Noun

ceapaire m (genitive singular ceapaire, plural ceapairean)

1. sandwich

Mutation

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