séipéal

Irish

Alternative forms

• sáipéal (Munster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish seipél, séipél, saipél, sáipél, borrowed from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːpʲeːl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːpʲal̪ˠ/

Noun

séipéal m (genitive singular séipéil, nominative plural séipéil)

1. chapel (place of worship)

   Synonym: teach pobail

Usage notes

The term séipéal is used mostly of Roman Catholic chapels; Protestant churches are called teampall.

Declension

Declension of séipéal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative séipéal séipéil vocative a shéipéil a shéipéala genitive séipéil séipéal dative séipéal séipéil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an séipéal na séipéil genitive an tséipéil na séipéal dative leis an séipéal don séipéal leis na séipéil

Mutation

Mutated forms of séipéal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
séipéal	shéipéal after an, tséipéal	not applicable

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “seipél, séipél, saipél, sáipél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “séipéal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 634
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “séipéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN