coir

See also còir

English

Etymology

From Malayalam കയറ് (kayar).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɔɪə/

Noun

Wikipedia coir (uncountable)

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

Translations

fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut

• Russian: койр (ru) (kojr) m
• Tamil: கயறு (ta) (kayaRu)

• Telugu: కొబ్బరి పీచు (te) (kobbari peechu)

Anagrams

• RICO

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɛɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, a late form of Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *karjâ (compare Welsh caredd).

Noun

coir f (genitive coire, nominative plural coireanna)

1. crime, offence; fault, transgression
2. 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

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor.

Verb

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

1. to tire, exhaust

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	coirim	coireann tú; coirir†	coireann sé, sí	coirimid	coireann sibh	coireann siad; coirid†	coirtear
	past	choir mé; choireas†	choir tú; choiris†	choir sé, sí	choireamar	choir sibh; choireabhair†	choir siad; choireadar†	coireadh
	future	coirfidh mé; coirfead†	coirfidh tú; coirfir†	coirfidh sé, sí	coirfimid; coirfeam†	coirfidh sibh	coirfidh siad; coirfid†	coirfear
	past habitual	choirinn	choirteá	choireadh sé, sí	choirimis	choireadh sibh	choiridís	choirtí
imperative		coirim	coir	coireadh sé, sí	coirimis	coirigí	coiridís	coirtear
conditional		choirfinn	choirfeá	choirfeadh sé, sí	choirfimis	choirfeadh sibh	choirfidís	choirfí
subjunctive	present	coire mé; coiread†	coire tú; coirir†	coire sé, sí	coirimid	coire sibh	coire siad; coirid†	coirtear
	past	coirinn	coirteá	coireadh sé, sí	coirimis	coireadh sibh	coiridís	coirtí
verbal noun		cor
past participle		cortha

† Dialect form

Etymology 3

Noun

coir m

1. genitive singular form of cor
2. nominative plural of cor

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.