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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceapaire cheapaire gceapaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ceapaire m (genitive singular ceapaire, plural ceapairean)

  1. sandwich
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