cáipéis

Irish

Alternative forms

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
singular plural
nominative cáipéis cáipéisí
vocative a cháipéis a cháipéisí
genitive cáipéise cáipéisí
dative cáipéis cáipéisí
forms with the definite article
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.

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