ចាប់

See also: ចាប and ចប់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចាប់ cāp´ WT romanisation cap (standard) IPA(key) /cap/

Verb

ចាប់ • (cap) (abstract noun ការចាប់)

1. to grasp, to get, to hold tight
2. to seize, to arrest, to catch, to capture

   រាហ៊ូចាប់ច័ន្ទ  ―  riəhuu cap can  ―  Rahu catches the moon (a Cambodian legend explaining eclipses)

3. to begin, to start, to undertake
4. to receive (such as a radio or television broadcast)
5. to select

Derived terms

• ចាប់ផ្ដើម (cap phdaəm)
• ចាប់យាម (cap yiəm)

Adjective

ចាប់ • (cap) (abstract noun ភាពចាប់)

1. to be painful
2. to be general, miscellaneous

   ផ្ទះចាប់ហួយ  ―  phtĕəh cap-huəy  ―  general store, convenience store

Noun

ចាប់ • (cap)

1. handful

Classifier

ចាប់ • (cap)

1. classifier for handfuls

Affixed forms

• ចំបាប់ (cɑmbap)
• ចំណាប់ (cɑmnap)
• ចចាប់ (cɑcap)
• ត្រចាប់ (trɑcap)
• ប្រចាប់ (prɑcap)