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Webster 1913 Edition


Coir

Coir

(koir)
,
Noun.
[Tamil
kayiru
.]
1.
A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.
Homans.
2.
Cordage or cables, made of this material.

Definition 2024


coir

coir

See also: còir and cóir

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.

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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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coir choir gcoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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.