çap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cap"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štšepa, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱep- (“cut, split”) (compare Serbo-Croatian rascijepati, Greek σκάπτω (skápto, “to dig”)).

Verb

çap (first-person singular past tense çapa, participle çapur)

  1. (transitive) to extend one's leg for walking; get a move on
  2. (transitive) to hoe
  3. (transitive, regional) to chew, chew on
  4. (intransitive) to go somewhere, set off
  5. (intransitive) to pace, step, stride

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian չափ (čʿapʿ, “size”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɑp]

Noun

çap (definite accusative çapı, plural çaplar)

  1. diameter
  2. (military) caliber
  3. (figuratively) one's abilities, skills and wisdom

Declension
Inflection
Nominative çap
Definite accusative çapı
Singular Plural
Nominative çap çaplar
Definite accusative çapı çapları
Dative çapa çaplara
Locative çapta çaplarda
Ablative çaptan çaplardan
Genitive çapın çapların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular çapım çaplarım
2nd singular çapın çapların
3rd singular çapı çapları
1st plural çapımız çaplarımız
2nd plural çapınız çaplarınız
3rd plural çapları çapları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular çapım çaplarım
2nd singular çapsın çaplarsın
3rd singular çap
çaptır		 çaplar
çaplardır
1st plural çapız çaplarız
2nd plural çapsınız çaplarsınız
3rd plural çaplar çaplardır

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “չափ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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