OriginFrom Vulgar Latin *clapāre, from metathesis of *caplāre, contracted form of Late Latin capulāre, from Latin capulum. Compare Italian chiappare, Venetan ciapar, Lombard ciapà, Ladin giapé, Romansch tgapar.
- to take, hold
- to grab, catch
- to get
Formscjapâ(infinitive) · cjapânt(gerund) · cjapât(masculine, participle, past, singular) · cjapâts(masculine, participle, past, plural) · cjapâde(feminine, participle, past, singular) · cjapâdis(feminine, participle, past, plural) · o cjapi(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · tu cjapis(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · al(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · e cjape(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · o cjapìn(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · o cjapais(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · a cjapin(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · o cjapavi(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · tu cjapavis(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · al(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · e cjapave(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · o cjapavin(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · o cjapavis(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · a cjapavin(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person)
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