coir

See also: còir and cóir

English

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”),[5] from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (whence also Welsh caredd).

Noun

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

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

Standard declension:

Declension of coir (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coir coireanna
vocative a choir a choireanna
genitive coire coireanna
dative coir coireanna
forms with the definite article
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
singular plural
nominative coir cortha
vocative a choir a chortha
genitive cortha cortha
dative coir cortha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an choir na cortha
genitive na cortha na gcortha
dative leis an gcoir
don choir 		leis na cortha

Alternative plurals: corthacha, coireacha

Derived terms
  • coir ghníomhach f (“actual sin”)
  • coir mheanman f (“contemplated sin”)
  • coireach
  • créatúr gan choir m (“harmless creature; simple soul”)
  • duine gan choir m (“harmless person; simple soul”)

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 227; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “coir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“to tire”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).[6]

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) to tire, exhaust
Conjugation
conjugation of coir (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun cor
past participle cortha
tense 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* 		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* 		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

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coirim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 228; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “coir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Etymology 3

See coirigh.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) alternative form of coirigh (“to accuse”)
Conjugation
conjugation of coir (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun coireadh
past participle coirthe
tense 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* 		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* 		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

* 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

Mutated forms of coir
radical lenition eclipsis
coir choir gcoir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 430, page 119
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 137, page 58
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40
  4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 308, page 111; reprinted 1979
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  6. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈko.ɨrʲ]

Adjective

coïr

  1. alternative form of cóir

Mutation

Mutation of coir
radical lenition nasalization
coir choir coir
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwaːʀ/

Noun

coir m

  1. body
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