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Old English · adjective

ciepe

Normalised ċīepe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃi͜yː.pe/
Syllables
ˈt͡ʃi͜yː · pe (2 syllables)
Modern English
cepashallotaggregatumvarallium cepaallium cepa var. aggregatumfor saleallium

ciepe1 · adjective

Senses

  1. for sale

    Þā ġeseah hē betwēox þām warum ċīepe cneohtas ġesette. Þā wǣron hwītes līchaman and fæġeres andwlitan menn and æðellīċe ġefeaxode.

    Then he saw a group of boys who had been displayed for sale with the rest of the merchandise. (Literally: “Then he saw boys for sale placed among the merchandise.”) They had fair skin, beautiful faces, and noble heads of hair.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Pope Gregory the Great"

Declension

Strong declension of ciepe
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ċīepeċīepuċīepoċīepe
Accusative ċīepneċīepeċīepe
Genitive ċīepesċīepreċīepes
Dative ċīepumċīepreċīepum
Instrumental ċīepeċīepreċīepe
Plural
Nominative ċīepeċīepaċīepeċīepuċīepo
Accusative ċīepeċīepaċīepeċīepuċīepo
Genitive ċīepraċīepraċīepra
Dative ċīepumċīepumċīepum
Instrumental ċīepumċīepumċīepum
Weak declension of ciepe
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ċīepaċīepeċīepe
Accusative ċīepanċīepanċīepe
Genitive ċīepanċīepanċīepan
Dative ċīepanċīepanċīepan
Instrumental ċīepanċīepanċīepan
Plural
Nominative ċīepanċīepanċīepan
Accusative ċīepanċīepanċīepan
Genitive ċīepraċīepenaċīepraċīepenaċīepraċīepena
Dative ċīepumċīepumċīepum
Instrumental ċīepumċīepumċīepum

ciepe2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. onion (Allium cepa)

  2. shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of ciepe
SingularPlural
Nominative ċīepeċīepan
Accusative ċīepanċīepan
Genitive ċīepanċīepena
Dative ċīepanċīepum

All forms (11)

Etymology

Equivalent to ċēap (“cost”) + -e (“having”). Corresponds to a Proto-Germanic *kaupijaz, though there are no cognates.

Borrowed from Latin cēpa.

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