coir
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam കയറ് (kayaṟŭ).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
- Homophone: coyer
Noun
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.
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Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
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)
- crime, offence; fault, transgression
- (used mainly in negative, of state) harm
Declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- coir ghníomhach f (“actual sin”)
- coir mheanman f (“contemplated sin”)
- créatúr gan choir m (“harmless creature; simple soul”)
- duine gan choir m (“harmless person; 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)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 3
See coirigh.
Verb
coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun {{{vn}}}, past participle {{{pp}}})
- (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)
Conjugation
* 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
- inflection of cor (“turn, turning movement; cast; haul from cast; lively turn; lively air; reel”):
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
coir m
- inflection of cor (“agreement, contract; guarantee, pledge”):
Etymology 6
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
coir m
Mutation
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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