Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

é- +‎ cóir

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

écóir

  1. incongruous, at variance (fri (with))
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14d10
      Is samlid léicfimmi-ni doïbsom aisndís dint ṡéns ⁊ din mórálus, manip écóir frisin stoir ad·fíadam-ni.
      It is thus we shall leave to them the exposition of the sense and the morality, if it is not at variance with the history that we relate.
  2. unjust, improper

Inflection edit

i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative écóir écóir écóir
Vocative écóir
Accusative écóir écóir
Genitive écóir écórae écóir
Dative écóir écóir écóir
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative écórai écórai
Vocative écórai
Accusative écórai
Genitive écóir*
écórae
Dative écóraib
Notes *not when substantivized

Descendants edit

  • Irish: éagóir

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
écóir unchanged n-écóir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit