n
f. (Lat. copia)
(a)
copy (of book etc.):
an cairt as ar
tairrngedh an choipsi,
CS 10.11
. c.¤ Ciaráin `book',
Content.
xv 11
.
as leabhar Conconnacht . . . do sccríobh . . . an coip,
Cog. xiv
.
cóib an dlighe-si,
Deuteronomy xvii 18
.
cóib na litreach,
Ezra iv 11
. Legal: duine . . . is cosmail risin c.¤
text (i.e. to
whom the words of the text apply),
O'Gr. Cat. 127.35
.
(b)
abundance; host, troop
:
tri aithne De chum coipe
(daingean v.l.) na subhaltaighi,
Smaointe B. Chr. 86
`copia',
Gloss. ? occ seilg .i. for aighiph glossed coip, Eg.,
Auraic.
2392
.
c.¤ breóidhte,
Hackett² li 55
.
fear cóir na cóibe,
l 4
.
gan rígh ar an gc.¤
`over the hosts',
O'Rah. 6.2
.
c.¤ na
srāide,
Gadelica 60.227
.