coir

See also: còir and cóir

English

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Wikipedia

Alternative forms

caire

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கயறு (kayaṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɪɚ/
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.

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
Malayalam: കയർ (ml) (kayaṟ)
Maori: puru (archaic, obsolete)
Portuguese: cairo (pt) m
Russian: койр (ru) m (kojr)
Spanish: coir m
Swedish: kokosfiber (sv) c
Tamil: கயறு (kayaṟu)
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): /kɛɾʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɪɾʲ/^[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”),^[2] from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (whence also Welsh caredd).

Noun

coir f (genitive singular coire or cortha, nominative plural coireanna or cortha)

crime, offence; fault, transgression
(used mainly in negative, of state) harm

Declension

Standard 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

Alternative declension:

Declension of coir (third declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	coir	cortha
vocative	a choir	a chortha
genitive	cortha	cortha
dative	coir	cortha

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an choir	na cortha
genitive	na cortha	na gcortha
dative	leis an gcoir don choir	leis na cortha

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”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).^[3]

Verb

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

(transitive, intransitive) tire, exhaust

Conjugation

conjugation of coir (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	coirim	coireann tú; coirir^†	coireann sé, sí	coirimid	coireann sibh	coireann siad; coirid^†	a choireann; a choireas / a gcoireann*	coirtear
	past	choir mé; choireas	choir tú; choiris	choir sé, sí	choireamar; choir muid	choir sibh; choireabhair	choir siad; choireadar	a choir / ar choir*	coireadh
	past habitual	choirinn / gcoirinn‡‡	choirteá / gcoirteá‡‡	choireadh sé, sí / gcoireadh sé, sí‡‡	choirimis; choireadh muid / gcoirimis‡‡; gcoireadh muid‡‡	choireadh sibh / gcoireadh sibh‡‡	choiridís; choireadh siad / gcoiridís‡‡; gcoireadh siad‡‡	a choireadh / a gcoireadh*	choirtí / gcoirtí‡‡
future		coirfidh mé; coirfead	coirfidh tú; coirfir^†	coirfidh sé, sí	coirfimid; coirfidh muid	coirfidh sibh	coirfidh siad; coirfid^†	a choirfidh; a choirfeas / a gcoirfidh*	coirfear
conditional		choirfinn / gcoirfinn‡‡	choirfeá / gcoirfeá‡‡	choirfeadh sé, sí / gcoirfeadh sé, sí‡‡	choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / gcoirfimis‡‡; gcoirfeadh muid‡‡	choirfeadh sibh / gcoirfeadh sibh‡‡	choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / gcoirfidís‡‡; gcoirfeadh siad‡‡	a choirfeadh / a gcoirfeadh*	choirfí / gcoirfí‡‡
subjunctive	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
subjunctive	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		coirim	coir	coireadh sé, sí	coirimis	coirigí; coiridh^†	coiridís	—	coirtear
verbal noun		cor
past participle		cortha

* 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 coireadh, past participle coirthe)

(intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)

Conjugation

conjugation of coir (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	coirim	coireann tú; coirir^†	coireann sé, sí	coirimid	coireann sibh	coireann siad; coirid^†	a choireann; a choireas / a gcoireann*	coirtear
	past	choir mé; choireas	choir tú; choiris	choir sé, sí	choireamar; choir muid	choir sibh; choireabhair	choir siad; choireadar	a choir / ar choir*	coireadh
	past habitual	choirinn / gcoirinn‡‡	choirteá / gcoirteá‡‡	choireadh sé, sí / gcoireadh sé, sí‡‡	choirimis; choireadh muid / gcoirimis‡‡; gcoireadh muid‡‡	choireadh sibh / gcoireadh sibh‡‡	choiridís; choireadh siad / gcoiridís‡‡; gcoireadh siad‡‡	a choireadh / a gcoireadh*	choirtí / gcoirtí‡‡
future		coirfidh mé; coirfead	coirfidh tú; coirfir^†	coirfidh sé, sí	coirfimid; coirfidh muid	coirfidh sibh	coirfidh siad; coirfid^†	a choirfidh; a choirfeas / a gcoirfidh*	coirfear
conditional		choirfinn / gcoirfinn‡‡	choirfeá / gcoirfeá‡‡	choirfeadh sé, sí / gcoirfeadh sé, sí‡‡	choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / gcoirfimis‡‡; gcoirfeadh muid‡‡	choirfeadh sibh / gcoirfeadh sibh‡‡	choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / gcoirfidís‡‡; gcoirfeadh siad‡‡	a choirfeadh / a gcoirfeadh*	choirfí / gcoirfí‡‡
subjunctive	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
subjunctive	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		coirim	coir	coireadh sé, sí	coirimis	coirigí; coiridh^†	coiridís	—	coirtear
verbal noun		coireadh
past participle		coirthe

* 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:
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.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
^ 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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈko.ɨrʲ]

Adjective

coïr

Alternative form of cóir

Mutation

Mutation of *coir*
radical	lenition	nasalization
coïr	choïr	coïr 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.

Walloon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwaːʀ/

Noun

coir m

body

[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40

[2] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[3] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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coir

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Translations

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

Further reading

Etymology 3

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 4

Noun

Mutation

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

Mutation

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun