cóir

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /koːɾʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /kɔːɾʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish cóir, from Primitive Irish *ᚉᚑᚃᚐᚏᚔᚄ (*covaris), from Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“proper, fitting”), from *kom- (“with”) + Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed”). ==== Adjective ==== cóir (genitive singular masculine cóir, genitive singular feminine córa, plural córa, comparative córa) just, proper decent, honest ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== cóir máireach éagóir ==== Noun ==== cóir f (genitive singular córa, nominative plural córacha) justice, equity ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== cóireáil cóiriúil cóir leapa === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== cóir nearness, proximity (used only in fixed phrases; see Derived terms) ===== Derived terms ===== chóir de chóir === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== cóir m inflection of cór: vocative/genitive singular nominative/dative plural === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === coair, coïr === Etymology === From Primitive Irish *ᚉᚑᚃᚐᚏᚔᚄ (*covaris), from Proto-Celtic *kowwaris (“proper, fitting”), from *kom- (“with”) + Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed”). Cognate with Welsh cywair (“orderly”). === Pronunciation === (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈko.əɾʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈko.ɪɾʲ] (Griffith) [ˈko.ɨɾʲ] (later) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɾʲ/ === Adjective === cóir (comparative córu) proper, right, just Antonym: écóir For quotations using this term, see Citations:cóir. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== écóir ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: cóir Irish: cóir Scottish Gaelic: còir Manx: cair === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language