cepa

See also: сера and čepa

Galician

A birch tree growing from the cepa of a chestnut tree, A Cervela, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese cepa, from Latin cippus (“post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθepa̝/, (western) /ˈsepa̝/

Noun

cepa m (plural cepas)

1. stump; also the trunk of a living tree that has suffered many prunings

   Synonyms: carocha, coto, cozo, toco

2. charcoal
3. post, column

   Synonyms: pé, poste

4. trunk of a vine an the vine itself

   Synonym: bacelo

Derived terms

• cepada
• cepeira

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cepa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “cepa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• caepa

Etymology

A loanword from an unknown language. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek κάπια (kápia, “onions”), Albanian qepë and Welsh cenhinen (“leek”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.pa/, [ˈkeːpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.pa/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːpä]

Noun

cēpa f (genitive cēpae); first declension

1. onion

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cēpa	cēpae
Genitive	cēpae	cēpārum
Dative	cēpae	cēpīs
Accusative	cēpam	cēpās
Ablative	cēpā	cēpīs
Vocative	cēpa	cēpae

Synonyms

• ūnio

Derived terms

• cēpulla

Descendants

• Aromanian: tseapã
• Catalan: ceba
• English: cepaceous, chive
• French: cive

• Occitan: ceba
• Old English: cipe, ċipe, ċiepe, ċæpe
• Old French: cive
• Romanian: ceapă

References

• “cepa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cepa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cepa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108

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Latvian

Verb

cepa

1. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular past indicative form of cept
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural past indicative form of cept

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.pa/

Noun

cepa m inan

1. genitive singular of cep

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Portuguese

Noun

cepa f (plural cepas)

1. (microbiology) strain (variant of a virus)
2. kind (a type, race or category)

   Synonyms: tipo, classe, laia, feitio

3. vine (climbing plant that produces grapes)

   Synonyms: vinha, vide, videira

4. stump (remains of a plant that has been cut off), especially one used to make charcoal

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Spanish

Etymology

From cepo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθepa/ [ˈθe.pa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsepa/ [ˈse.pa]

Noun

cepa f (plural cepas)

1. variety (of wine)
2. strain (of virus)
3. rootstalk (underground stem base)
4. grapevine stock, grapevine
5. stump (of a tree), stub
6. root (of an animal’s tail or horns, etc.)
7. nucleus (of cloud formation)
8. ancestry, stock, origin (of family lineage)
9. pier (of an arch or bridge)

Synonyms

• (ancestry): linaje

Derived terms

• cepa virgen
• de buena cepa
• de pura cepa