cóir

See also: coir and còir

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cóir,[4] from Primitive Irish *ᚉᚑᚃᚐᚏᚔᚄ (*covaris),[5] from Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“proper, fitting”),[6] from *kom- (“with”) + Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed”).

Adjective

cóir (genitive singular masculine cóir, genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa, comparative córa)

  1. just, proper
  2. decent, honest
Declension
Declension of cóir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cóir chóir córa;
chóra2
vocative chóir córa
genitive córa córa cóir
dative cóir;
chóir1 		chóir córa;
chóra2
Comparative níos córa
Superlative is córa

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha)

  1. justice, equity
Declension
Declension of cóir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cóir córacha
vocative a chóir a chóracha
genitive córa córacha
dative cóir córacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chóir na córacha
genitive na córa na gcóracha
dative leis an gcóir
don chóir 		leis na córacha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cóir

  1. nearness, proximity (used only in fixed phrases; see Derived terms)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cóir m

  1. inflection of cór:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of cóir
radical lenition eclipsis
cóir chóir gcóir

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

References

  1. ^ Dillon, Myles, Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 221
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 160
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 29, page 15
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Ziegler, Sabine (1994) Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors, Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions] (Historische Sprachforschung; Ergänzungsheft 36) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 173
  6. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kow-wari-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219–20

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Primitive Irish *ᚉᚑᚃᚐᚏᚔᚄ (*covaris),[1] from Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“proper, fitting”), from *kom- (“with”) + Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed”). Cognate with Welsh cywair (“orderly”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (earlier) [ˈko.irʲ], (later) [ˈkoːrʲ]

Adjective

cóir (comparative córu)

  1. proper, right, just
    Antonym: écóir

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cóir.

Inflection

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative cóir cóir cóir
vocative cóir
accusative cóir cóir
genitive cóir córae cóir
dative cóir cóir cóir
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative córai córai
vocative córai
accusative córai
genitive cóir*
córae
dative córaib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cóir

Mutation

Mutation of cóir
radical lenition nasalization
cóir chóir cóir
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Ziegler, Sabine (1994) Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors, Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions] (Historische Sprachforschung; Ergänzungsheft 36) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 173
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kow-wari-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-220

Further reading

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