coip

See also: cóip and COIP

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coipp (“foam”).

Verb

coip (present analytic coipeann, future analytic coipfidh, verbal noun coipeadh, past participle coipthe)

1. (transitive, intransitive, biochemistry, brewing) ferment
2. (transitive, cooking) whip

Conjugation

		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
verbal noun		coipeadh
past participle		coipthe

conjugation of coip (first conjugation – A)

* 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coip	choip	gcoip
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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, 2013-2024

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cóip, from Latin cōpia.

Noun

coip m (genitive singular coip, plural coipyn)

1. copy, replica, print

Derived terms

• aachoip (“to reduplicate”)
• coip-lioar (“copybook”)
• coip-chiart (“copyright”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coip	choip	goip
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.