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. (ambitransitive, biochemistry, brewing) ferment
2. (transitive, cooking) whip

Conjugation

conjugation of coip (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	coipeadh
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

Mutated forms of coip

radical	lenition	eclipsis
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)

1. copy, replica, print

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutation of coip

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coip	choip	goip

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.