cóir

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See also: coir and còir

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (just, righful), from *kom- (with) + *wīros (true).

Noun

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cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha)

  1. justice, equity
  2. proper share, due
  3. proper provision; accommodation
  4. proper condition
  5. proper equipment, (plural) requisites
Declension
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Adjective

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

  1. just, proper
  2. decent, honest
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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cóir

  1. nearness, proximity (used only in fixed phrases; see Derived terms)
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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cóir m

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

Mutation

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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

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈko.irʲ/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrʲ/

Adjective

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cóir (comparative córu)

  1. 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

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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

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: cóir

Mutation

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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

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  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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