coir

See also: còir and cóir

English

Coir.

Alternative forms

• caire, cayar, kiar

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪə/, [ˈkʰɔːjə]
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːjə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪɚ/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ(ː)jaʳ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
• Homophone: coyer

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

fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut

• Arabic: قُنْبَر m (qunbar), قُنْبَار m (qunbār), كُنْبَار m (kunbār)
• Czech: koir m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kookoskuitu
• French: caire (fr) m, chaire (fr) m
• German: Kokosfaser f
• Gujarati: કાથી (kāthī)
• Indonesian: sabut (id)
• Malay: sabut (ms)
• Malayalam: കയർ (ml) (kayaṟ)
• Māori: puru (archaic, obsolete)
• Portuguese: cairo (pt) m
• Rarotongan: puru
• Russian: койр (ru) m (kojr)
• Samoan: pulu
• Spanish: coir m
• Swedish: kokosfiber (sv) c
• Tahitian: puru
• Tamil: கயறு (kayaṟu), நார் (ta) (nār)
• Telugu: కొబ్బరిపీచు (te) (kobbaripīcu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Cori, RICO

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɾʲ/, /kiɾʲ/, /kɞɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), 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, 2013–2026

Etymology 2

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

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)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	coirim	coireann tú; coirir†	coireann sé, sí	coirimid; coireann muid	coireann sibh	coireann siad; coirid†	a choireann; a choireas	coirtear
past	choir mé; choireas	choir tú; choiris	choir sé, sí	choireamar; choir muid	choir sibh; choireabhair	choir siad; choireadar	a choir	coireadh
past habitual	choirinn / coirinn‡	choirteá / coirteá‡	choireadh sé, sí / coireadh sé, sí‡	choirimis; choireadh muid / coirimis‡; coireadh muid‡	choireadh sibh / coireadh sibh‡	choiridís; choireadh siad / coiridís‡; coireadh siad‡	a choireadh	choirtí / coirtí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	coirfidh mé; coirfead	coirfidh tú; coirfir†	coirfidh sé, sí	coirfimid; coirfidh muid	coirfidh sibh	coirfidh siad; coirfid†	a choirfidh; a choirfeas	coirfear
conditional	choirfinn / coirfinn‡	choirfeá / coirfeá‡	choirfeadh sé, sí / coirfeadh sé, sí‡	choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / coirfimis‡; coirfeadh muid‡	choirfeadh sibh / coirfeadh sibh‡	choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / coirfidís‡; coirfeadh siad‡	a choirfeadh	choirfí / coirfí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	coirim	coir	coireadh sé, sí	coirimis	coirigí; coiridh†	coiridís	—	coirtear
past participle	cortha
verbal noun	cor

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

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, 2013–2026

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)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	coirim	coireann tú; coirir†	coireann sé, sí	coirimid; coireann muid	coireann sibh	coireann siad; coirid†	a choireann; a choireas	coirtear
past	choir mé; choireas	choir tú; choiris	choir sé, sí	choireamar; choir muid	choir sibh; choireabhair	choir siad; choireadar	a choir	coireadh
past habitual	choirinn / coirinn‡	choirteá / coirteá‡	choireadh sé, sí / coireadh sé, sí‡	choirimis; choireadh muid / coirimis‡; coireadh muid‡	choireadh sibh / coireadh sibh‡	choiridís; choireadh siad / coiridís‡; coireadh siad‡	a choireadh	choirtí / coirtí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	coirfidh mé; coirfead	coirfidh tú; coirfir†	coirfidh sé, sí	coirfimid; coirfidh muid	coirfidh sibh	coirfidh siad; coirfid†	a choirfidh; a choirfeas	coirfear
conditional	choirfinn / coirfinn‡	choirfeá / coirfeá‡	choirfeadh sé, sí / coirfeadh sé, sí‡	choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / coirfimis‡; coirfeadh muid‡	choirfeadh sibh / coirfeadh sibh‡	choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / coirfidís‡; coirfeadh siad‡	a choirfeadh	choirfí / coirfí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	coirim	coir	coireadh sé, sí	coirimis	coirigí; coiridh†	coiridís	—	coirtear
past participle	coirthe
verbal noun	coireadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

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.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.əɾʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈko.ɪɾʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈko.ɨɾʲ]

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