coire

See also: còire and Cóiré

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɾʲə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish coire, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

Noun

coire m (genitive singular coire, nominative plural coirí)

1. cauldron, boiler, vat
2. dell, corrie
3. whirlpool
4. crater, pit

Declension

Declension of coire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coire coirí vocative a choire a choirí genitive coire coirí dative coire coirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coire na coirí genitive an choire na gcoirí dative leis an gcoire don choire leis na coirí

Derived terms

• coire bólcain (“(volcanic) crater”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

coire f

1. genitive singular of coir (“crime, offence; fault, transgression”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coire	choire	gcoire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈiː.re/, [koˈiːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈi.re/, [koˈiːre]

Verb

coīre

1. present active infinitive of coeō

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coire, caire; from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorʲə/

Noun

coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)

1. cauldron
   • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, lines 12–13:

     Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil iss ed no·ithed.

     [There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. [There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron. Every man who came along the passage used to put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he brought out at the first taking, that was what he ate.

Declension

• Accusative singular: coiri
• Dative singular: coiri
• Nominative plural: coiri, cori

Descendants

• Irish: coire
• Manx: coirrey
• Scottish Gaelic: coire

Mutation

Mutation of coire

radical	lenition	nasalization
coire	choire	coire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cuprum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkujɾe/

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Noun

coire m (uncountable)

1. copper

Derived terms

• coira
• coirar
• coirassa
• coirasson
• coirat
• coirenc
• coireta
• coirina

Related terms

• cuprós

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• caire

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorʲe]

Noun

coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)

1. cauldron

Declension

Masculine io-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	coire	coireL	coiriL
vocative	coiri	coireL	coiriu
accusative	coireN	coireL	coiriuH
genitive	coiriL	coireL	coireN
dative	coiriuL	coirib	coirib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: coire
  • Irish: coire
  • Manx: coirrey
  • Scottish Gaelic: coire

Mutation

Mutation of coire

radical	lenition	nasalization
coire	choire	coire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish coire, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔɾʲə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔðə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɔɾʲʌ]

Noun

coire m (genitive singular coire, plural coireachan)

1. kettle

   cuir air an coire ― put the kettle on

2. cauldron, boiler, vat
   • 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 82:

     Mu dheireadh thubhairt e, "Ciod e'm biadh a tha thu 'bruich 'sa choire mhòir sin air an teine?"

     Finally he said, "What's the food that you are boiling in that big cauldron on the fire?"

3. (geography) dell, corrie
4. whirlpool

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaðə/
• (North Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰæɾʲə/
• (South Uist, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɤɾʲə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɤɾʲʌ]

Noun

coire f (genitive singular coire, plural coireannan)

1. fault, offense, wrong, trespass, sin

   coire bàis ― a capital crime

   Is iomadh coire a gheibhear air an duine bhochd. ― Many a fault may be found in a poor man.

2. blame, complaint
3. harm, damage

   gach gnè coire ― every kind of damage

Derived terms

• coireach (“guilty, at fault”)
• dèan coire (“offend”)

Mutation

Mutation of coire

radical	lenition
coire	choire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “coire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language