cóir

See also: coir and còir

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kowīros (“true, sincere, right, just, fair, honest, proper”), from *kom- (“with”) + *wīros (“true”)

Noun

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
Declension of cóir

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cóir córacha
Vocative a chóir a chóracha
Genitive córa córacha
Dative cóir córacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chóir na córacha
Genitive na córa na gcóracha
Dative leis an gcóir

don chóir

 leis na córacha
Derived terms
  • éagóir

Adjective

cóir (genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa)

  1. just, proper
  2. decent, honest
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

Noun

cóir

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

Etymology 3

Inflected forms of cór.

Noun

cóir m

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

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.
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