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

Mutated forms of ceapaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceapaire	cheapaire	gceapaire

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

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

Mutation of ceapaire

radical	lenition
ceapaire	cheapaire

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