cóir

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See also: coir and còir

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“just, righful”), from *kom- (“with”) + *wīros (“true”).

Noun

cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha)

  1. justice, equity
  2. proper share, due
  3. proper provision; accommodation
  4. proper condition
  5. proper equipment, (plural) requisites
Declension
Declension of cóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cóir córacha
Vocative a chóir a chóracha
Genitive córa córacha
Dative cóir córacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chóir na córacha
Genitive na córa na gcóracha
Dative leis an gcóir

don chóir

leis na córacha
Derived terms

Adjective

cóir (genitive singular masculine cóir, genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa, comparative córa)

  1. just, proper
  2. decent, honest
Declension
Declension of cóir
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cóir chóir córa;
chóra²
Vocative chóir córa
Genitive córa córa cóir
Dative cóir;
chóir¹ 		chóir córa;
chóra²
Comparative níos córa
Superlative is córa

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cóir

  1. nearness, proximity (used only in fixed phrases; see Derived terms)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cóir m

  1. inflection of cór:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cóir chóir gcóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Primitive Irish *ᚉᚑᚃᚐᚏᚔᚄ (*covaris), from Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“proper, fitting”), from *kom- (“with”) + Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed”). Cognate with Welsh cywair (“orderly”).

Pronunciation

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈko.irʲ/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrʲ/

Adjective

cóir (comparative córu)

  1. proper, right, just
    Antonym: écóir
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
      Coïr irnigde trá in so, act ní chumcam-ni ón, mani thinib in spirut.
      This, then, is the right way to pray, but we cannot do that unless the spirit inspires it.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15d8
      Is dúibsi proficit; ba coïr dúibsi cía do·berthe testas dinni
      It is you that it benefits; it would be right for you if you gave testimony of us.

Inflection

i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cóir cóir cóir
Vocative cóir
Accusative cóir cóir
Genitive cóir córae cóir
Dative cóir cóir cóir
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative córai córai
Vocative córai
Accusative córai
Genitive cóir*
córae
Dative córaib
Notes *not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cóir

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cóir chóir cóir
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Ziegler, Sabine (1994) Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors, Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions] (Historische Sprachforschung; Ergänzungsheft 36) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 173
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kow-wari-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-220

Further reading

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