coip
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish coipp (“foam”).
Verb
coip (present analytic coipeann, future analytic coipfidh, verbal noun coipeadh, past participle coipthe)
- (ambitransitive, biochemistry, brewing) ferment
- (transitive, cooking) whip
Conjugation
conjugation of coip (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun | coipeadh | |||||||
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past participle | coipthe | |||||||
tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
indicative | ||||||||
present | coipim | coipeann tú; coipir† |
coipeann sé, sí | coipimid | coipeann sibh | coipeann siad; coipid† |
a choipeann; a choipeas / a gcoipeann* |
coiptear |
past | choip mé; choipeas | choip tú; choipis | choip sé, sí | choipeamar; choip muid | choip sibh; choipeabhair | choip siad; choipeadar | a choip / ar choip* |
coipeadh |
past habitual | choipinn / gcoipinn‡‡ | choipteá / gcoipteᇇ | choipeadh sé, sí / gcoipeadh sé, s퇇 | choipimis; choipeadh muid / gcoipimis‡‡; gcoipeadh muid‡‡ | choipeadh sibh / gcoipeadh sibh‡‡ | choipidís; choipeadh siad / gcoipidís‡‡; gcoipeadh siad‡‡ | a choipeadh / a gcoipeadh* |
choiptí / gcoipt퇇 |
future | coipfidh mé; coipfead |
coipfidh tú; coipfir† |
coipfidh sé, sí | coipfimid; coipfidh muid |
coipfidh sibh | coipfidh siad; coipfid† |
a choipfidh; a choipfeas / a gcoipfidh* |
coipfear |
conditional | choipfinn / gcoipfinn‡‡ | choipfeá / gcoipfeᇇ | choipfeadh sé, sí / gcoipfeadh sé, s퇇 | choipfimis; choipfeadh muid / gcoipfimis‡‡; gcoipfeadh muid‡‡ | choipfeadh sibh / gcoipfeadh sibh‡‡ | choipfidís; choipfeadh siad / gcoipfidís‡‡; gcoipfeadh siad‡‡ | a choipfeadh / a gcoipfeadh* |
choipfí / gcoipf퇇 |
subjunctive | ||||||||
present | go gcoipe mé; go gcoipead† |
go gcoipe tú; go gcoipir† |
go gcoipe sé, sí | go gcoipimid; go gcoipe muid |
go gcoipe sibh | go gcoipe siad; go gcoipid† |
— | go gcoiptear |
past | dá gcoipinn | dá gcoipteá | dá gcoipeadh sé, sí | dá gcoipimis; dá gcoipeadh muid |
dá gcoipeadh sibh | dá gcoipidís; dá gcoipeadh siad |
— | dá gcoiptí |
imperative | ||||||||
– | coipim | coip | coipeadh sé, sí | coipimis | coipigí; coipidh† |
coipidís | — | coiptear |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal nouns: coipe, coipeáil
Derived terms
- coipeach (“frothy, foamy”)
Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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coip | choip | gcoip |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coip”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coip”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coip”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish cóip, from Latin cōpia.
Noun
coip m (genitive singular coip, plural coipyn)
Derived terms
- aachoip (“to reduplicate”)
- coip-lioar (“copybook”)
- coip-chiart (“copyright”)