cóir
Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“just, righful”), from *kom- (“with”) + *wīros (“true”).
Noun
cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha)
- justice, equity
- proper share, due
- proper provision; accommodation
- proper condition
- proper equipment, (plural) requisites
Declension
Declension of cóir
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cóir leapa
- cóireáil
- éagóir
Adjective
cóir (genitive singular masculine cóir, genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa, comparative córa)
Declension
Declension of cóir
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
- cóir máireach
- éagóir
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cóir | chóir | gcóir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cóir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cóir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- coair, coïr
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
- (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈko.irʲ/
- (later) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrʲ/
Adjective
cóir (comparative córu)
- proper, right, just
- Antonym: écóir
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4a27
- Coïr irnigde trá in so, act ní chumcam-ni ón, mani thinib in spirut.
- This, then, is the right way to pray, but we cannot do that unless the spirit inspires it.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15d8
- Is dúibsi proficit; ba coïr dúibsi cía do·berthe testas dinni
- It is you that it benefits; it would be right for you if you gave testimony of us.
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 | ||
| Notes | *not when substantivized | ||
Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cóir | chóir | cóir pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- 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
- 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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