# coire
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛɾʲə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish coire, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

#### Noun

coire m (genitive singular coire, nominative plural coirí)
* cauldron, boiler, vat
* dell, corrie
* whirlpool
* crater, pit

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
coire
coirí
vocative
a choire
a choirí
genitive
coire
coirí
dative
coire
coirí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an coire
na coirí
genitive
an choire
na gcoirí
dative
leis an gcoire don choire
leis na coirí :

##### Derived terms

* coire bólcain (“(volcanic) crater”)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

coire f
* genitive singular of coir (“crime, offence; fault, transgression”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “coire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /koˈiː.re/, [koˈiːrɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /koˈi.re/, [koˈiːre]

### Verb

coīre
* present active infinitive of coeō

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish coire, caire; from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkorʲə/

### Noun

coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)
* cauldron
** c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, lines 12–13:Secht ndoruis isin bruidin ocus secht sligeda trethe ocus secht tellaige indi ocus secht cori. Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. In fer no·t⟨h⟩ēged iarsint ṡligi do·bered in n-aēl isin coiri, ocus a·taibred din chētgabāil iss ed no·ithed.[There were] seven doors in the hall, and seven passages through it, and seven hearths in it, and seven cauldrons. [There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron. Every man who came along the passage used to put the flesh-fork into the cauldron, and whatever he brought out at the first taking, that was what he ate.

#### Declension

* Accusative singular: coiri
* Dative singular: coiri
* Nominative plural: coiri, cori

#### Descendants

* Irish: coire
* Manx: coirrey
* Scottish Gaelic: coire

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin cuprum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkujɾe/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

coire m (uncountable)
* copper

#### Derived terms

* coira
* coirar
* coirassa
* coirasson
* coirat
* coirenc
* coireta
* coirina

#### Related terms

* cuprós

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* caire

### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkorʲe]

### Noun

coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)
* cauldron

#### Declension

Masculine io-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | coire | coire$^L$ | coiri$^L$ |
| Vocative | coiri | coire$^L$ | coiriu |
| Accusative | coire$^N$ | coire$^L$ | coiriu$^H$ |
| Genitive | coiri$^L$ | coire$^L$ | coire$^N$ |
| Dative | coiriu$^L$ | coirib | coirib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: coire
** Irish: coire
** Manx: coirrey
** Scottish Gaelic: coire

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish coire, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰɔɾʲə/
* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈkʰɔðə/
* (Barra) IPA: [ˈkʰɔɾʲʌ]

#### Noun

coire m (genitive singular coire, plural coireachan)
* kettle
    cuir air an coire ― put the kettle on
* cauldron, boiler, vat
** 1911, Katherine White Grant, Aig Tigh na Beinne, Oban: Hugh MacDonald, page 82:Mu dheireadh thubhairt e, "Ciod e'm biadh a tha thu 'bruich 'sa choire mhòir sin air an teine?"Finally he said, "What's the food that you are boiling in that big cauldron on the fire?"
* (geography) dell, corrie
* whirlpool

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (compare Welsh caredd).

#### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈkʰaðə/
* (North Uist) IPA: /ˈkʰæɾʲə/
* (South Uist, Skye) IPA: /ˈkʰɤɾʲə/
* (Barra) IPA: [ˈkʰɤɾʲʌ]

#### Noun

coire f (genitive singular coire, plural coireannan)
* fault, offense, wrong, trespass, sin
    coire bàis ― a capital crime
    Is iomadh coire a gheibhear air an duine bhochd. ― Many a fault may be found in a poor man.
* blame, complaint
* harm, damage
    gach gnè coire ― every kind of damage

##### Derived terms

* coireach (“guilty, at fault”)
* dèan coire (“offend”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “coire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap