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

Mutated forms of cáipéis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cáipéis	cháipéis	gcáipéis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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