ceapach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ceapach f (genitive singular ceapaí, nominative plural ceapacha)

1. (horticulture) bed
2. plot (of land, of ground)

   Synonyms: paintéar, plásán, ceapach thalún, plásóg, ceap

3. glade

Declension

Declension of ceapach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceapach ceapacha vocative a cheapach a cheapacha genitive ceapaí ceapach dative ceapach ceapaigh (archaic, dialectal) ceapacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cheapach na ceapacha genitive na ceapaí na gceapach dative leis an gceapach leis an gceapaigh (archaic, dialectal) don cheapach don cheapaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na ceapacha

Descendants

• English: Cappoquin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceapach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceapach	cheapach	gceapach

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) “ceapach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceapach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceapach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025