# coir
## English
### Alternative forms

* caire

### Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கயறு (kayaṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɔɪə/, [ˈkʰɔːjə]
* (Standard Southern British) IPA: /ˈkoːjə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkɔɪɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɔɪə(ɹ)
* Homophone: coyer

### Noun

coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)
* The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Cori, RICO

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɛɾʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /kɪɾʲ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

coir f (genitive singular coire or cortha, nominative plural coireanna or cortha)
* crime, offence; fault, transgression
* (used mainly in negative, of state) harm

##### Declension

Standard declension:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
coir
coireanna
vocative
a choir
a choireanna
genitive
coire
coireanna
dative
coir
coireanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an choir
na coireanna
genitive
na coire
na gcoireanna
dative
leis an gcoir don choir
leis na coireanna :
Alternative declension:
bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
coir
cortha
vocative
a choir
a chortha
genitive
cortha
cortha
dative
coir
cortha
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an choir
na cortha
genitive
na cortha
na gcortha
dative
leis an gcoir don choir
leis na cortha :

##### Derived terms

* coir ghníomhach f (“actual sin”)
* coir mheanman f (“contemplated sin”)
* coireach
* créatúr gan choir m (“harmless creature; simple soul”)
* duine gan choir m (“harmless person; simple soul”)

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish coirid (“tires”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).

#### Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun cor, past participle cortha)
* (ambitransitive) tire, exhaust

##### Conjugation

| verbal noun | cor | cor | cor | cor | cor | cor | cor | cor |
| past participle | cortha | cortha | cortha | cortha | cortha | cortha | cortha | cortha |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | coirim | coireann tú; coirir$^†$ | coireann sé, sí | coirimid | coireann sibh | coireann siad; coirid$^†$ | a choireann; a choireas / a gcoireann* | coirtear |
| past | choir mé; choireas | choir tú; choiris | choir sé, sí | choireamar; choir muid | choir sibh; choireabhair | choir siad; choireadar | a choir / ar choir* | coireadh |
| past habitual | choirinn / gcoirinn‡‡ | choirteá / gcoirteá‡‡ | choireadh sé, sí / gcoireadh sé, sí‡‡ | choirimis; choireadh muid / gcoirimis‡‡; gcoireadh muid‡‡ | choireadh sibh / gcoireadh sibh‡‡ | choiridís; choireadh siad / gcoiridís‡‡; gcoireadh siad‡‡ | a choireadh / a gcoireadh* | choirtí / gcoirtí‡‡ |
| future | coirfidh mé; coirfead | coirfidh tú; coirfir$^†$ | coirfidh sé, sí | coirfimid; coirfidh muid | coirfidh sibh | coirfidh siad; coirfid$^†$ | a choirfidh; a choirfeas / a gcoirfidh* | coirfear |
| conditional | choirfinn / gcoirfinn‡‡ | choirfeá / gcoirfeá‡‡ | choirfeadh sé, sí / gcoirfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / gcoirfimis‡‡; gcoirfeadh muid‡‡ | choirfeadh sibh / gcoirfeadh sibh‡‡ | choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / gcoirfidís‡‡; gcoirfeadh siad‡‡ | a choirfeadh / a gcoirfeadh* | choirfí / gcoirfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go gcoire mé; go gcoiread$^†$ | go gcoire tú; go gcoirir$^†$ | go gcoire sé, sí | go gcoirimid; go gcoire muid | go gcoire sibh | go gcoire siad; go gcoirid$^†$ | — | go gcoirtear |
| past | dá gcoirinn | dá gcoirteá | dá gcoireadh sé, sí | dá gcoirimis; dá gcoireadh muid | dá gcoireadh sibh | dá gcoiridís; dá gcoireadh siad | — | dá gcoirtí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | coirim | coir | coireadh sé, sí | coirimis | coirigí; coiridh$^†$ | coiridís | — | coirtear |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 3

See coirigh.

#### Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun coireadh, past participle coirthe)
* (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)

##### Conjugation

| verbal noun | coireadh | coireadh | coireadh | coireadh | coireadh | coireadh | coireadh | coireadh |
| past participle | coirthe | coirthe | coirthe | coirthe | coirthe | coirthe | coirthe | coirthe |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | coirim | coireann tú; coirir$^†$ | coireann sé, sí | coirimid | coireann sibh | coireann siad; coirid$^†$ | a choireann; a choireas / a gcoireann* | coirtear |
| past | choir mé; choireas | choir tú; choiris | choir sé, sí | choireamar; choir muid | choir sibh; choireabhair | choir siad; choireadar | a choir / ar choir* | coireadh |
| past habitual | choirinn / gcoirinn‡‡ | choirteá / gcoirteá‡‡ | choireadh sé, sí / gcoireadh sé, sí‡‡ | choirimis; choireadh muid / gcoirimis‡‡; gcoireadh muid‡‡ | choireadh sibh / gcoireadh sibh‡‡ | choiridís; choireadh siad / gcoiridís‡‡; gcoireadh siad‡‡ | a choireadh / a gcoireadh* | choirtí / gcoirtí‡‡ |
| future | coirfidh mé; coirfead | coirfidh tú; coirfir$^†$ | coirfidh sé, sí | coirfimid; coirfidh muid | coirfidh sibh | coirfidh siad; coirfid$^†$ | a choirfidh; a choirfeas / a gcoirfidh* | coirfear |
| conditional | choirfinn / gcoirfinn‡‡ | choirfeá / gcoirfeá‡‡ | choirfeadh sé, sí / gcoirfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | choirfimis; choirfeadh muid / gcoirfimis‡‡; gcoirfeadh muid‡‡ | choirfeadh sibh / gcoirfeadh sibh‡‡ | choirfidís; choirfeadh siad / gcoirfidís‡‡; gcoirfeadh siad‡‡ | a choirfeadh / a gcoirfeadh* | choirfí / gcoirfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go gcoire mé; go gcoiread$^†$ | go gcoire tú; go gcoirir$^†$ | go gcoire sé, sí | go gcoirimid; go gcoire muid | go gcoire sibh | go gcoire siad; go gcoirid$^†$ | — | go gcoirtear |
| past | dá gcoirinn | dá gcoirteá | dá gcoireadh sé, sí | dá gcoirimis; dá gcoireadh muid | dá gcoireadh sibh | dá gcoiridís; dá gcoireadh siad | — | dá gcoirtí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | coirim | coir | coireadh sé, sí | coirimis | coirigí; coiridh$^†$ | coiridís | — | coirtear |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

coir m
* inflection of cor:
** 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.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 40
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈko.ɨrʲ]

### Adjective

coïr
* Alternative form of cóir

### Mutation

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

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kwaːʀ/

### Noun

coir m
* body