còir

See also: coir and cóir

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰɔːɾʲ/

Noun

còir f (genitive singular còrach or còire, plural còraichean or còirichean)

  1. duty, obligation (usually moral)
  2. right, due, title, franchise
  3. right, justice

Declension
Declension of còir
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative còir còraichean; còirichean
Genitive còrach; còire còraichean; còirichean
Dative còir còraichean; còirichean
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') chòir (na) còraichean; (na) còirichean
Genitive (na) còrach; (na) còire (nan) còraichean; (nan) còirichean
Dative (a') chòir (na) còraichean; (na) còirichean
Vocative (a) chòir (a) chòraiche

Synonyms

Derived terms

Adjective

còir (comparative còire, qualitative noun còiread)

  1. kind, kindly, decent, virtuous, civil
  2. honest
  3. proper, fitting
  4. Used in a vocative phrase for formal address in letter writing, succeeds the name or word used for the addressee
    A charaid chòir... ― Dear friend...

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
còirchòir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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