small drizzle; ceò+ boinne or -bainne, "mist-drop". The Irish is ceóbhrán, for ceò+ braon. This last is Gaelic ciùran, q.v. Hence ceòpach (for ceòbnach?). Also ceòpan. Irish ciabhrán, drizzle, fog, Middle Irish ciabor, mist.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language.
Alexander Gairm Publications.
1982.