coir
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tamil கயறு (kayaṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
- Homophone: coyer
Noun[edit]
coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)
- The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (whence also Welsh caredd).
Noun[edit]
coir f (genitive singular coire or cortha, nominative plural coireanna or cortha)
- crime, offence; fault, transgression
- (used mainly in negative, of state) harm
Declension[edit]
Standard declension:
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative declension:
Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “coir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).[3]
Verb[edit]
coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun cor, past participle cortha)
Conjugation[edit]
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “coir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Etymology 3[edit]
See coirigh.
Verb[edit]
coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun coireadh, past participle coirthe)
- (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)
Conjugation[edit]
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
coir m
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
coïr
- Alternative form of cóir
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
coïr | choïr | coïr pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Walloon[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
coir m
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