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coirt

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish coirt (bark (of tree)), from Latin cortex.

Noun

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coirt f (genitive singular coirte, nominative plural coirteacha)

  1. bark (exterior covering of a tree)
    1. tanner's bark
    2. bark-dye, tan
  2. coating; fur, scale, scum

Declension

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Declension of coirt (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative coirt coirteacha
vocative a choirt a choirteacha
genitive coirte coirteacha
dative coirt coirteacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an choirt na coirteacha
genitive na coirte na gcoirteacha
dative leis an gcoirt
don choirt
leis na coirteacha

Alternative forms

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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  • coirteach (barky, cortical; encrusted, coated; furred, scaled, adjective)
  • coirtigh (decorticate; tan; coat, encrust, transitive verb)

Verb

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coirt (present analytic coirteann, future analytic coirtfidh, verbal noun coirteadh, past participle coirte)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of coirtigh (decorticate; tan; coat, encrust)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of coirt
radical lenition eclipsis
coirt choirt gcoirt

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

Further reading

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