cóir
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“just, righful”), from *kom- (“with”) + *wīros (“true”).
Noun edit
cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha)
- justice, equity
- proper share, due
- proper provision; accommodation
- proper condition
- proper equipment, (plural) requisites
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
cóir (genitive singular masculine cóir, genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa, comparative córa)
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
cóir
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
cóir m
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
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 edit
i-stem | |||
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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 edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language