# cóir
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /koːɾʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /kɔːɾʲ/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“just, righful”), from *kom- (“with”) + *wīros (“true”).

#### Noun

cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha)
* justice, equity
* proper share, due
* proper provision; accommodation
* proper condition
* proper equipment, (plural) requisites

##### 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

* cóir leapa
* cóireáil
* éagóir

#### Adjective

cóir (genitive singular masculine cóir, genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa, comparative córa)
* just, proper
* decent, honest

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

##### Derived terms

* cóir máireach
* éagóir

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

cóir
* nearness, proximity (used only in fixed phrases; see Derived terms)

##### Derived terms

* chóir
* de chóir

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

cóir m
* inflection of cór:
** vocative/genitive singular
** nominative/dative plural

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* coair, coïr

### Etymology

From Primitive Irish *ᚉᚑᚃᚐᚏᚔᚄ (*covaris), from Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“proper, fitting”), from *kom- (“with”) + Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed”). Cognate with Welsh cywair (“orderly”).

### Pronunciation

* (earlier) IPA: /ˈko.irʲ/
* (later) IPA: /ˈkoːrʲ/

### Adjective

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. 4$^a$27
    Coïr irnigde trá in so, act ní chumcam-ni ón, mani thinib in spirut.This, then, is the right way to pray, but we cannot do that unless the spirit inspires it.
** c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15$^d$8
    Is dúibsi proficit; ba coïr dúibsi cía do·berthe testas dinniIt is you that it benefits; it would be right for you if you gave testimony of us.

#### Inflection

i-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cóir | cóir | cóir |
| Vocative | cóir | cóir | cóir |
| Accusative | cóir | cóir | cóir |
| Genitive | cóir | córae | cóir |
| Dative | cóir | cóir | cóir |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | córai | córai | córai |
| Vocative | córai | córai | córai |
| Accusative | córai | córai | córai |
| Genitive | cóir* córae | cóir* córae | cóir* córae |
| Dative | córaib | córaib | córaib |
| Notes | *not when substantivized | *not when substantivized | *not when substantivized |

#### Derived terms

* écóir

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: cóir
** Irish: cóir
** Scottish Gaelic: còir
** Manx: cair

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ 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

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language