coir

See also: còir and cóir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam കയറ് (kayaṟŭ).

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
  • IPA(key): /kɛɾʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

coir f (genitive singular coire, nominative plural coireanna)

  1. crime, offence; fault, transgression
  2. (used mainly in negative, of state) harm
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
Derived terms
  • coir ghníomhach f (“actual sin”)
  • coir mheanman f (“contemplated sin”)
  • duine gan choir m (“harmless person; simple soul”)
  • créatúr gan choir m (“harmless creature; simple soul”)

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
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 choirteá choireadh sé, sí choirimis; choireadh muid choireadh sibh choiridís; choireadh siad a choireadh /
ar choireadh*		 choirtí
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 /
ar choirfeadh*		 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

Etymology 3

Noun

coir m

  1. inflection of cor:
    1. vocative and genitive singular
    2. nominative and 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
  • "coir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 coirid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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