# coirt
## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

coirt f (genitive singular coirte, nominative plural coirteacha)
* bark (exterior covering of a tree)
** tanner's bark
** bark-dye, tan
* coating; fur, scale, scum

#### Declension

Second declension

#### Alternative forms

* cairt

#### Synonyms

* rúsc
* snamh

#### Derived terms

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

### Verb

coirt (present analytic coirteann, future analytic coirtfidh, verbal noun coirteadh, past participle coirte)
* (transitive) Alternative form of coirtigh (“decorticate; tan; coat, encrust”)

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | coirtim | coirteann tú; coirtir$^†$ | coirteann sé, sí | coirtimid | coirteann sibh | coirteann siad; coirtid$^†$ | a choirteann; a choirteas / a gcoirteann* | coirtear |
| indicative | past | choirt mé; choirteas | choirt tú; choirtis | choirt sé, sí | choirteamar; choirt muid | choirt sibh; choirteabhair | choirt siad; choirteadar | a choirt / ar choirt* | coirteadh |
| indicative | past habitual | choirtinn / gcoirtinn‡‡ | choirteá / gcoirteá‡‡ | choirteadh sé, sí / gcoirteadh sé, sí‡‡ | choirtimis; choirteadh muid / gcoirtimis‡‡; gcoirteadh muid‡‡ | choirteadh sibh / gcoirteadh sibh‡‡ | choirtidís; choirteadh siad / gcoirtidís‡‡; gcoirteadh siad‡‡ | a choirteadh / a gcoirteadh* | choirtí / gcoirtí‡‡ |
| future | future | coirtfidh mé; coirtfead | coirtfidh tú; coirtfir$^†$ | coirtfidh sé, sí | coirtfimid; coirtfidh muid | coirtfidh sibh | coirtfidh siad; coirtfid$^†$ | a choirtfidh; a choirtfeas / a gcoirtfidh* | coirtfear |
| conditional | conditional | choirtfinn / gcoirtfinn‡‡ | choirtfeá / gcoirtfeá‡‡ | choirtfeadh sé, sí / gcoirtfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | choirtfimis; choirtfeadh muid / gcoirtfimis‡‡; gcoirtfeadh muid‡‡ | choirtfeadh sibh / gcoirtfeadh sibh‡‡ | choirtfidís; choirtfeadh siad / gcoirtfidís‡‡; gcoirtfeadh siad‡‡ | a choirtfeadh / a gcoirtfeadh* | choirtfí / gcoirtfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gcoirte mé; go gcoirtead$^†$ | go gcoirte tú; go gcoirtir$^†$ | go gcoirte sé, sí | go gcoirtimid; go gcoirte muid | go gcoirte sibh | go gcoirte siad; go gcoirtid$^†$ | — | go gcoirtear |
| subjunctive | past | dá gcoirtinn | dá gcoirteá | dá gcoirteadh sé, sí | dá gcoirtimis; dá gcoirteadh muid | dá gcoirteadh sibh | dá gcoirtidís; dá gcoirteadh siad | — | dá gcoirtí |
| imperative | imperative | coirtim | coirt | coirteadh sé, sí | coirtimis | coirtigí; coirtidh$^†$ | coirtidís | — | coirtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | coirteadh | coirteadh | coirteadh | coirteadh | coirteadh | coirteadh | coirteadh | coirteadh |
| past participle | past participle | coirte | coirte | coirte | coirte | coirte | coirte | coirte | coirte |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language