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coire
coire
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔɾʲə], /kʰɔɾʲə/
Noun
coire m (genitive singular coire, plural coireachan)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *karjâ (compare Welsh caredd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɤɾʲə]
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
- dèan coire - offend