EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ceapadh, m. (gs. -ptha). 1. vn. of ceap2. 2. Fashioning, composition; formation. Ar cheapadh cluaise, shaped like an ear. 3. Appointment, assignation. ~ múinteora, the appointment of a teacher. ~ i bpost, designation to a post. ~ lae, the appointment of a day. Rud a chur siar gan ~ lae, to postpone sth. indefinitely, sine die. 4. Conception, thought. Tá ~ go, it is thought that. Is é mo cheapadh fós é, I still think it. Ní raibh aon cheapadh aige go mbeinn anseo, it never occurred to him that I might be here. 5. Interception, stoppage.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lena aghaidh a ~adh é, it was designed for that purpose.
~adh sa phost, ina rúnaí, é, he was appointed to the post, as secretary.
An lá a ~adh, (on) the appointed day.
Ar an uair a bhí ~tha, at the appointed hour.
Is é an bás a ~adh dúinn, it is assigned to us to die.
Sin é a bhí ~tha acu a dhéanamh, that is what they intended to do.
~adh sa tom, sa ghaiste, é, it got caught in the bush, in the trap.
Ceapadh sa ~ é, he was caught in the snare.
Bheith ceaptha, gafa, i n~, to be caught in a trap.