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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish coirtigid, coirtid (“tans; cures”, verb), from coirt (“bark”). By surface analysis, coirt (“bark”) + -igh (verbal suffix).
Verb
coirtigh (present analytic coirtíonn, future analytic coirteoidh, verbal noun coirtiú, past participle coirtithe) (transitive)
- to decorticate
- to tan
- to coat, encrust
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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coirtím
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coirtíonn tú; coirtír†
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coirtíonn sé, sí
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coirtímid; coirtíonn muid
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coirtíonn sibh
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coirtíonn siad; coirtíd†
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a choirtíonn; a choirtíos / a gcoirtíonn*
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coirtítear
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past
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choirtigh mé; choirtíos
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choirtigh tú; choirtís
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choirtigh sé, sí
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choirtíomar; choirtigh muid
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choirtigh sibh; choirtíobhair
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choirtigh siad; choirtíodar
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a choirtigh / ar choirtigh*
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coirtíodh
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past habitual
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choirtínn / gcoirtínn‡‡
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choirtíteá / gcoirtíteᇇ
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choirtíodh sé, sí / gcoirtíodh sé, s퇇
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choirtímis; choirtíodh muid / gcoirtímis‡‡; gcoirtíodh muid‡‡
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choirtíodh sibh / gcoirtíodh sibh‡‡
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choirtídís; choirtíodh siad / gcoirtídís‡‡; gcoirtíodh siad‡‡
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a choirtíodh / a gcoirtíodh*
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choirtítí / gcoirtít퇇
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future
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coirteoidh mé; coirteod; coirteochaidh mé†
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coirteoidh tú; coirteoir†; coirteochaidh tú†
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coirteoidh sé, sí; coirteochaidh sé, sí†
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coirteoimid; coirteoidh muid; coirteochaimid†; coirteochaidh muid†
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coirteoidh sibh; coirteochaidh sibh†
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coirteoidh siad; coirteoid†; coirteochaidh siad†
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a choirteoidh; a choirteos; a choirteochaidh†; a choirteochas† / a gcoirteoidh*; a gcoirteochaidh*†
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coirteofar; coirteochar†
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conditional
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choirteoinn; choirteochainn† / gcoirteoinn‡‡; gcoirteochainn†‡‡
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choirteofá; choirteochthᆠ/ gcoirteofᇇ; gcoirteochthᆇ‡
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choirteodh sé, sí; choirteochadh sé, sí† / gcoirteodh sé, s퇇; gcoirteochadh sé, s톇‡
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choirteoimis; choirteodh muid; choirteochaimis†; choirteochadh muid† / gcoirteoimis‡‡; gcoirteodh muid‡‡; gcoirteochaimis†‡‡; gcoirteochadh muid†‡‡
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choirteodh sibh; choirteochadh sibh† / gcoirteodh sibh‡‡; gcoirteochadh sibh†‡‡
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choirteoidís; choirteodh siad; choirteochadh siad† / gcoirteoidís‡‡; gcoirteodh siad‡‡; gcoirteochadh siad†‡‡
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a choirteodh; a choirteochadh† / a gcoirteodh*; a gcoirteochadh*†
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choirteofaí; choirteochthaí† / gcoirteofa퇇; gcoirteochtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcoirtí mé; go gcoirtíod†
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go gcoirtí tú; go gcoirtír†
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go gcoirtí sé, sí
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go gcoirtímid; go gcoirtí muid
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go gcoirtí sibh
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go gcoirtí siad; go gcoirtíd†
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go gcoirtítear
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past
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dá gcoirtínn
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dá gcoirtíteá
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dá gcoirtíodh sé, sí
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dá gcoirtímis; dá gcoirtíodh muid
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dá gcoirtíodh sibh
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dá gcoirtídís; dá gcoirtíodh siad
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dá gcoirtítí
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imperative
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coirtím
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coirtigh
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coirtíodh sé, sí
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coirtímis
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coirtígí; coirtídh†
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coirtídís
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—
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coirtítear
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verbal noun
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coirtiú
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past participle
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coirtithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
coirtigh
- inflection of coirteach (“barky, cortical; encrusted, coated; furred, scaled”):
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirtigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coirt(ig)id”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language