fuip

Irish

Etymology

From English whip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠɪpʲ/

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative fuip fuipeanna Vocative a fhuip a fhuipeanna Genitive fuipe fuipeanna Dative fuip fuipeanna

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuip	fhuip	bhfuip
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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