# cep
## English
### Alternative forms

* cèpe
* cepe

### Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛp/
* Rhymes: -ɛp

### Noun

cep (plural ceps)
* An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

#### Synonyms

* penny bun
* porcini

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* CPE, ECP, EPC, PCE, PEC, pce, pec

## Ainu
### Etymology

From ci- (“mediopassive prefix”) +‎ e (“to eat”) +‎ -p (“thing”), literally “thing that is eaten”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃep/

### Noun

cep (Kana spelling チェㇷ゚)
* fish
** 1969, 貝澤とぅるしの, “2-2 ウエペケㇾ「ランコ カッケマッ」（桂の木の女神）”, in 第2年次調査研究報告書1/3, 文化庁 アイヌ語の保存・継承に必要なアーカイブ化に関する調査研究事業, published 2015年3月:ネア メノコポ カ ネア チ アエㇷ゚ カ フ チェㇷ゚ カ アコレnea menokopo ka nea ci aep ka hu cep ka a=koreI also gave the girl cooked food and raw fish.

### References
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* step (metathesis)

### Etymology

Doublet of thep, with affricated initial consonant. More at thep.

### Noun

cep m (plural cepa, definite cepi, definite plural cepat)
* corner, angle, wedge
* edge, tip; tip of the shoulder
* (geometry) external angle
* (geography) cape

#### Related terms

* thep

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus (compare Occitan cep, French cep, Spanish cepo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɛp]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsəp]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsep]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cep m (plural ceps)
* vine
* porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)
    Synonym: buixó

#### Derived terms

* cep negre
* cep regi

### Further reading

* “cep” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “cep” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cěp, from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɛp]
* Rhymes: -ɛp

### Noun

cep m inan
* flail (tool)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cep”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “cep”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “cep”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French, inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippe, cèpe, and sep.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɛp/, (archaic also) /sɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: cèpe, cèpes, ceps, sep, seps

### Noun

cep m (plural ceps)
* vine
* Archaic spelling of sep.

### Further reading

* “cep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛp/
* Rhymes: -ɛp
* Syllabification: cep

### Noun

cep m inan
* (often in the plural) flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “cepë”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
* Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cepë”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 126
* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cep”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cep”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “cep”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
* “cepë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Latvian
### Verb

cep
* inflection of cept:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** third-person plural present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of cept
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of cept

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* cepow

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sɛp]

### Noun

cep
* genitive of cepy

## Middle English
### Noun

cep
* Alternative form of cappe

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /keːp/

### Verb

cēp
* singular imperative of cēpan

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ. First attested in 1400.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɛp/
* IPA: (15th CE) /t͡sɛp/

### Noun

cep m inan
* (chiefly in the plural, attested in Pomerania, Kuyavia, Lesser Poland, Southern Borderlands) flail, thresher (tool for threshing grain)
** 1874-1891 [XV in.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎, volume XXIV, Grochów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kcynia, page 67:Ipse rusticus receptis cepi eam de se expelit[Ipse rusticus receptis cepy eam de se expelit]
** 1885-2024 [XV p. pr.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎, volume V, page 29:Czep tribula[Cep tribula]
** 1450, rkps Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej o sygn. KP 224., Uście Solne, Lviv:Tribula est instrumentum aptum ad tribulandum, que est genus vehiculi, in quo excuciunt frumenta, tribula czepy[Tribula est instrumentum aptum ad tribulandum, que est genus vehiculi, in quo excuciunt frumenta, tribula cepy]
** 1930 [c. 1455], “I Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 20, 3:Ten lyvd, gen bil w nyem, wiwyodl gy precz y kazal gy cepi mlocycz a zelyazne broni po nych wloczicz, a okowanimy wozi przes nye geszdzicz tak, abi bily rostargany[Ten lud, jen był w niem, wywiodł ji precz i kazał ji cepy młocić a żelazne brony po nich włoczyć, a okowanymi wozy przez nie jeździć tak, aby byli roztargani]
** 1930 [c. 1455], “I Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 21, 23:Dam y woli ku obyecye y cepi w myasto drew[Dam i woli ku obiecie i cepy w miasto drzew]
** 1868 [1468], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎, volume XIJI, page 571:Cum... duobus tritulatoribus quemlibet cum czepi[Cum... duobus tritulatoribus quemlibet cum cepy]
** 1907 [c. 1470], Jakub Parkoszowic, edited by Jan Łoś, Traktat o ortografii polskiej‎, Żurawica, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Krakow, page 406:Tripliciter in Polonorum ideomate asperatur: grosse, grossius et molliciter... Exempium tercii: cepi, cebula[Tripliciter in Polonorum ideomate asperatur: grosse, grossius et molliciter... Exempium tercii: cepy, cebula]
** 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 48:Cze­py tribulas[Cepy tribulas]
** 1885-2024 [XV p. post.], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎, volume V, page 18:Czepy tribula[Cepy tribula]
** 1856-1870 [1400], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎, volume VIII, number CCCXLVII 28:Pro uiolenta repercussione peccorum ac pro uiolenta seccione vlg. czepy[Pro uiolenta repercussione peccorum ac pro uiolenta seccione vlg. cepy]
** 1440, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza z rękopisu znajdującego się w zbiorach Biblioteki Klasztornej oo. Paulinów na Jasnej Górze pod sygn. II 25 z r. 1444, page 263r:Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tribulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quuo concuciuntur frumenta Et est diferentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est [t]ribulus osseth [tribu]la cepi [ribu]lum quuoque verczymak Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quuo conteritur papaver piper uel alie species aromatice uel gorczycza[Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tribulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quuo concuciuntur frumenta Et est diferentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est [t]ribulus osseth [tribu]la cepy [ribu]lum quuoque verczymak Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quuo conteritur papaver piper uel alie species aromatice uel gorczycza]
** 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 237v:Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tritulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quo excuciuntur frumenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osszeth [tribu]la czepy [trib]lum quoque wercymąk Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo conteritur piper papauer uel alie species aromatice[Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad tritulandum vel est genus vehiculi cum quo excuciuntur frumenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osszeth [tribu]la cepy [trib]lum quoque wercymąk Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo conteritur piper papauer uel alie species aromatice]
** 1476, rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 3297, z r. 1476, page 240v:Tribula est instrumentum ad tritulandum aptum uel est genus vechiculi cum quo frumenta excuciuntur Et est differencia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la czepy [tribu]lum quoque vyerczyoch Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo teritur piper papauer et alie species aromatice[Tribula est instrumentum ad tritulandum aptum uel est genus vechiculi cum quo frumenta excuciuntur Et est differencia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la cepy [tribu]lum quoque vyerczyoch Tribulus est herba spinosa... Sed tribulum est instrumentum cum quo teritur piper papauer et alie species aromatice]
** XV p. post., Rękopiśmienne ekscerpty - glosy z rozariusza w rękopisie Biblioteki Zakładu Narodowego im. Ossolińskich we Lwowie, obecnie we Wrocławiu, o sygn. 1630, page 241r:Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad triturandum vel est genus vehyculi cum quo excuciuntur frvmenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la czepi [tribu]lum quoque vyerczoch Tribulus enim est herba spinosa […] Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quo conteritur papaver piper uel alye species aromatice[Tribula est instrvmentum aptum ad triturandum vel est genus vehyculi cum quo excuciuntur frvmenta Et est differentia inter tribulus la lum Wersus Est tribulus osseth [tribu]la cepy [tribu]lum quoque vyerczoch Tribulus enim est herba spinosa […] Sed tribulum est instrvmentum cum quo conteritur papaver piper uel alye species aromatice]
** c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 140v:Tribulus est oszeth [tribu]lum cepy [tribu]la quoque vyerczyoch[Tribulus est oszeth [tribu]lum czepy [tribu]la quoque wiercioch]
* (in the plural) flail (iron weapon resembling this tool)
** 1893 [1471], Konstanty Górski, editor, Historia piechoty polskiej‎, page 209:Czepy a myecz[Cepy a miecz]
** 1856-1870 [1474], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎, volume VII, number 163:Peditem... cum czepy, pawesza et galea[Peditem... cum cepy, pawesza et galea]
** 1856-1870 [1498], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎, volume VII, number 146:Peditem cum gladio ac czepy[Peditem cum gladio ac cepy]
** 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 161r:Percussorium est domus in qua fabricatur ferrum uel dicitur czepy[Percussorium est domus in qua fabricatur ferrum uel dicitur cepy]

#### Descendants

* Polish: cep, cepa (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz)
* Silesian: cep, cyp

### References

* Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “cepy”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* Mańczak, Witold (2017) “cepy”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
* Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “cep, cepy”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “cep”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
* K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “cep, cepy”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 218
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “cep, cepy”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
* Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “cepy”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* cepa (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛp/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈt͡sɛp/
* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
** (Kraków) IPA: /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
** (Biecz) IPA: /ˈt͡sɛ.pɘ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛp
* Syllabification: cep

### Noun

cep m inan
* flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)
* flail (weapon in the shape of this tool)
* (in the plural, mining) tightener (device that increases the manual force when tightening parts of a drilling jig)
* (weaving) loom pedal (type of pedal that moves s mechanism for interlacing warp threads in a weaving loom)

#### Usage notes

* Historically and dialectally only in the plural.

#### Declension
### Noun

cep m pers
* (colloquial, derogatory) moron, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

#### Declension
### Further reading

* cep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* cep in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “cep”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* “CEP”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 01.10.2014
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cep”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 264
* Jan Karłowicz (1900) “cep”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 166
* cep in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
* Jan Łoś (1886) “cepy”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 182
* Roman Zawiliński (1880) “cepy”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 227

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus, with some senses possibly influenced by Proto-Slavic *čepъ.

### Noun

cep n (plural cepuri)
* tap, spigot, plug, spile

#### See also

* dop, nod, ciot

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ (Russian цеп (cep), Polish cepy).

#### Alternative forms

* cijȇp (Ijekavian)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sêːp/

#### Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)
* slip, graft, scion (shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From cépati.

#### Alternative forms

* cijȇp (Ijekavian)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡sêːp/

#### Noun

cȇp m (Cyrillic spelling це̑п)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

##### Declension
### References

* “cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “cep”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Silesian
### Alternative forms

* cyp

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish cep.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡sɛp/
* Rhymes: -ɛp
* Syllabification: cep

### Noun

cep m inan
* flail (tool in the form of two wooden sticks connected by a strap, one of which was held in the hand, and the other was used to strike the ears of harvested grain to separate the grains)

### Noun

cep m pers
* (derogatory) moron, idiot

### Further reading

* cep in silling.org
* Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “cep”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 67
* Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “cep, cyp”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), section C, page 11
* Michał Przywara (c. 1900) “cep”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik‎

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěpъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sep]

### Noun

cep m inan (relational adjective cepový, augmentative cepisko)
* flail

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “cep”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Tatar
### Noun

cep
* thread

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جیب (ceb, cep), from Arabic جَيْب (jayb, “pocket”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒep/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cep (definite accusative cebi, plural cepler)
* pocket
* (colloquial) mobile phone

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
cep
cepler
definite accusative
cebi
cepleri
dative
cebe
ceplere
locative
cepte
ceplerde
ablative
cepten
ceplerden
genitive
cebin
ceplerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
cebim
ceplerim
2nd singular
cebin
ceplerin
3rd singular
cebi
cepleri
1st plural
cebimiz
ceplerimiz
2nd plural
cebiniz
cepleriniz
3rd plural
cepleri
cepleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
cebimi
ceplerimi
2nd singular
cebini
ceplerini
3rd singular
cebini
ceplerini
1st plural
cebimizi
ceplerimizi
2nd plural
cebinizi
ceplerinizi
3rd plural
ceplerini
ceplerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
cebime
ceplerime
2nd singular
cebine
ceplerine
3rd singular
cebine
ceplerine
1st plural
cebimize
ceplerimize
2nd plural
cebinize
ceplerinize
3rd plural
ceplerine
ceplerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
cebimde
ceplerimde
2nd singular
cebinde
ceplerinde
3rd singular
cebinde
ceplerinde
1st plural
cebimizde
ceplerimizde
2nd plural
cebinizde
ceplerinizde
3rd plural
ceplerinde
ceplerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
cebimden
ceplerimden
2nd singular
cebinden
ceplerinden
3rd singular
cebinden
ceplerinden
1st plural
cebimizden
ceplerimizden
2nd plural
cebinizden
ceplerinizden
3rd plural
ceplerinden
ceplerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
cebimin
ceplerimin
2nd singular
cebinin
ceplerinin
3rd singular
cebinin
ceplerinin
1st plural
cebimizin
ceplerimizin
2nd plural
cebinizin
ceplerinizin
3rd plural
ceplerinin
ceplerinin :

#### Derived terms

* cep telefonu