coir

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See also: còir and cóir

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கயறு (kayaṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ).

Pronunciation

Noun

coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)

  1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

Translations

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (whence also Welsh caredd).

Noun

coir f (genitive singular coire or cortha, nominative plural coireanna or cortha)

  1. crime, offence; fault, transgression
  2. (used mainly in negative, of state) harm
Declension

Standard declension:

Declension of coir

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coir coireanna
Vocative a choir a choireanna
Genitive coire coireanna
Dative coir coireanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an choir na coireanna
Genitive na coire na gcoireanna
Dative leis an gcoir

don choir

leis na coireanna

Alternative declension:

Declension of coir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coir cortha
Vocative a choir a chortha
Genitive cortha cortha
Dative coir cortha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an choir na cortha
Genitive na cortha na gcortha
Dative leis an gcoir

don choir

leis na cortha
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun cor, past participle cortha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) tire, exhaust
Conjugation
conjugation of coir (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present coirim coireann tú;
coirir† 		coireann sé, sí coirimid coireann sibh coireann siad;
coirid† 		a choireann; a choireas /
a gcoireann*; a gcoireas* 		coirtear
past choir mé; choireas choir tú; choiris choir sé, sí choireamar; choir muid choir sibh; choireabhair choir siad; choireadar a choir /
ar choir* 		coireadh
past habitual choirinn / gcoirinn‡‡ choirteá / gcoirteᇇ choireadh sé, sí / gcoireadh sé, s퇇 choirimis; choireadh muid / gcoirimis‡‡; gcoireadh muid‡‡ choireadh sibh / gcoireadh sibh‡‡ choiridís; choireadh siad / gcoiridís‡‡; gcoireadh siad‡‡ a choireadh /
a gcoireadh* 		choirtí / gcoirt퇇
future coirfidh mé;
coirfead 		coirfidh tú;
coirfir† 		coirfidh sé, sí coirfimid;
coirfidh muid 		coirfidh sibh coirfidh siad;
coirfid† 		a choirfidh; a choirfeas /
a gcoirfidh*; a gcoirfeas* 		coirfear
conditional choirfinn / gcoirfinn‡‡ choirfeá / gcoirfeᇇ choirfeadh sé, sí / gcoirfeadh sé, s퇇 choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / gcoirfimis‡‡; gcoirfeadh muid‡‡ choirfeadh sibh / gcoirfeadh sibh‡‡ choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / gcoirfidís‡‡; gcoirfeadh siad‡‡ a choirfeadh /
a gcoirfeadh* 		choirfí / gcoirf퇇
subjunctive present go gcoire mé;
go gcoiread† 		go gcoire tú;
go gcoirir† 		go gcoire sé, sí go gcoirimid;
go gcoire muid 		go gcoire sibh go gcoire siad;
go gcoirid† 		— go gcoirtear
past dá gcoirinn dá gcoirteá dá gcoireadh sé, sí dá gcoirimis;
dá gcoireadh muid 		dá gcoireadh sibh dá gcoiridís;
dá gcoireadh siad 		— dá gcoirtí
imperative coirim coir coireadh sé, sí coirimis coirigí;
coiridh† 		coiridís — coirtear
verbal noun cor
past participle cortha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Further reading

Etymology 3

See coirigh.

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun coireadh, past participle coirthe)

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)
Conjugation
conjugation of coir (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present coirim coireann tú;
coirir† 		coireann sé, sí coirimid coireann sibh coireann siad;
coirid† 		a choireann; a choireas /
a gcoireann*; a gcoireas* 		coirtear
past choir mé; choireas choir tú; choiris choir sé, sí choireamar; choir muid choir sibh; choireabhair choir siad; choireadar a choir /
ar choir* 		coireadh
past habitual choirinn / gcoirinn‡‡ choirteá / gcoirteᇇ choireadh sé, sí / gcoireadh sé, s퇇 choirimis; choireadh muid / gcoirimis‡‡; gcoireadh muid‡‡ choireadh sibh / gcoireadh sibh‡‡ choiridís; choireadh siad / gcoiridís‡‡; gcoireadh siad‡‡ a choireadh /
a gcoireadh* 		choirtí / gcoirt퇇
future coirfidh mé;
coirfead 		coirfidh tú;
coirfir† 		coirfidh sé, sí coirfimid;
coirfidh muid 		coirfidh sibh coirfidh siad;
coirfid† 		a choirfidh; a choirfeas /
a gcoirfidh*; a gcoirfeas* 		coirfear
conditional choirfinn / gcoirfinn‡‡ choirfeá / gcoirfeᇇ choirfeadh sé, sí / gcoirfeadh sé, s퇇 choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / gcoirfimis‡‡; gcoirfeadh muid‡‡ choirfeadh sibh / gcoirfeadh sibh‡‡ choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / gcoirfidís‡‡; gcoirfeadh siad‡‡ a choirfeadh /
a gcoirfeadh* 		choirfí / gcoirf퇇
subjunctive present go gcoire mé;
go gcoiread† 		go gcoire tú;
go gcoirir† 		go gcoire sé, sí go gcoirimid;
go gcoire muid 		go gcoire sibh go gcoire siad;
go gcoirid† 		— go gcoirtear
past dá gcoirinn dá gcoirteá dá gcoireadh sé, sí dá gcoirimis;
dá gcoireadh muid 		dá gcoireadh sibh dá gcoiridís;
dá gcoireadh siad 		— dá gcoirtí
imperative coirim coir coireadh sé, sí coirimis coirigí;
coiridh† 		coiridís — coirtear
verbal noun coireadh
past participle coirthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

coir m

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coir choir gcoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

coïr

  1. Alternative form of cóir

Mutation

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

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun

coir m

  1. body
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