fuip

Irish

Etymology

From English whip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠɪpʲ/[1]

Noun

fuip f (genitive singular fuipe, nominative plural fuipeanna)

  1. whip (rod or rope)
    lasc fuipe ― lash of a whip

Declension

Declension of fuip (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fuip fuipeanna
vocative a fhuip a fhuipeanna
genitive fuipe fuipeanna
dative fuip fuipeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhuip na fuipeanna
genitive na fuipe na bhfuipeanna
dative leis an bhfuip
don fhuip 		leis na fuipeanna

Derived terms

  • fuipeáil (“to whip”)
  • fuip fiaigh (“hunting-crop, hunting whip”)
  • fuiplasc (“whiplash (injury)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuip
radical lenition eclipsis
fuip fhuip bhfuip

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 300, page 106

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fuip”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 498; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuip”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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