coire
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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish coire, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.
Noun
coire m (genitive singular coire, nominative plural coirí)
Declension
Declension of coire
Derived terms
- coire bólcain (“(volcanic) crater”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
coire f
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coire | choire | gcoire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /koˈiː.re/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈi.re/,
Verb
coīre
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish coire, caire; from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.
Pronunciation
Noun
coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)
- cauldron
- c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, lines 12–13:
- Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil iss ed no·ithed.
- seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron. Every man who came along the passage used to put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he brought out at the first taking, that was what he ate.
Declension
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coire | choire | coire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
coire m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.
Pronunciation
Noun
coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)
Declension
| Masculine io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | coire | coireL | coiriL |
| Vocative | coiri | coireL | coiriu |
| Accusative | coireN | coireL | coiriuH |
| Genitive | coiriL | coireL | coireN |
| Dative | coiriuL | coirib | coirib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coire | choire | coire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish coire, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.
Pronunciation
Noun
coire m (genitive singular coire, plural coireachan)
- kettle
- cuir air an coire ― put the kettle on
- cauldron, boiler, vat
- 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 82:
- Mu dheireadh thubhairt e, "Ciod e'm biadh a tha thu 'bruich 'sa choire mhòir sin air an teine?"
- Finally he said, "What's the food that you are boiling in that big cauldron on the fire?"
- (geography) dell, corrie
- whirlpool
Etymology 2
From Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (compare Welsh caredd).
Pronunciation
Noun
coire f (genitive singular coire, plural coireannan)
- fault, offense, wrong, trespass, sin
- coire bàis ― a capital crime
- Is iomadh coire a gheibhear air an duine bhochd. ― Many a fault may be found in a poor man.
- blame, complaint
- harm, damage
- gach gnè coire ― every kind of damage
Derived terms
- dèan coire (“offend”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| coire | choire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “coire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language