cáipéis

Irish

Alternative forms

• cáipéas

Etymology

From English capias (“arrest warrant”), from Latin capiās (“you should seize, you are to seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈpʲeːʃ/

Noun

cáipéis f (genitive singular cáipéise, nominative plural cáipéisí)

1. document

   cáipéis dlí ― legal document

Declension

Declension of cáipéis

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cáipéis cáipéisí Vocative a cháipéis a cháipéisí Genitive cáipéise cáipéisí Dative cáipéis cáipéisí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cháipéis na cáipéisí Genitive na cáipéise na gcáipéisí Dative leis an gcáipéis don cháipéis leis na cáipéisí

Derived terms

• cáipéiseach (“documentary”, adjective)
• cáipéisíocht f (“documentation”)
• mála cáipéisí m (“briefcase”)

Noun

cáipéis

1. vocative/genitive singular of cáipéas (“document”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• 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