coire
See also: còire and Cóiré
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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
Declension of coire
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coire | choire | gcoire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “coire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈiː.re/, [koˈiːrɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈi.re/, [koˈiːre]
Verb
coīre
- present active infinitive of coeō
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish coire, caire; from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkorʲə/
Noun
coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)
- cauldron
- c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 12–13, page 2: “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
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coire | choire | coire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin cuprum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkujɾe/
(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(key): [ˈkorʲe]
Noun
coire m (genitive coiri, nominative plural coiri)
- cauldron
Declension
| Masculine io-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | coire | coireL | coiriL |
| Vocative | coiri | coireL | coiriu |
| Accusative | coireN | coireL | coiriuH |
| Genitive | coiriL | coireL | coireN |
| Dative | coiriuL | coirib | coirib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: coire
- Irish: coire
- Manx: coirrey
- Scottish Gaelic: coire
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coire | choire | coire pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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(key): /ˈkʰɔɾʲə/
Noun
coire m (genitive singular coire, plural coireachan)
- kettle
- cuir air an coire ― put the kettle on
- cauldron, boiler, vat
- dell, corrie
- whirlpool
Etymology 2
From Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (compare Welsh caredd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰɤɾʲə/
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”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| coire | choire |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “coire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language