English

Noun

coir ‎(countable and uncountable, plural coirs)

1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.

Translations

Anagrams

• RICO

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛɾʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

coir f ‎(genitive singular coire, nominative plural coireanna)

1. crime, offence; fault, transgression
2. (used mainly in negative, of state) harm

Declension

Derived terms

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

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)

1. (transitive, intransitive) tire, exhaust

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

coir m

1. vocative singular of cor
2. genitive singular of cor
3. nominative plural of cor
4. dative plural of cor

Mutation

References

• "coir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 coirid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.