different between coir vs foam

English

Alternative forms

• caire

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ???? (kaya??).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)
• Homophone: coyer

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cori, RICO

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariy? (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

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

See coirigh.

Verb

coir (present analytic coireann, future analytic coirfidh, verbal noun {{{vn}}}, past participle {{{pp}}})

1. (intransitive) Alternative form of coirigh (“accuse, criminate”)

Conjugation

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. inflection of cor (“turn, turning movement; cast; haul from cast; lively turn; lively air; reel”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nonstandard nominative/dative plural

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. inflection of cor (“agreement, contract; guarantee, pledge”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

coir m

1. vocative/genitive singular of cor (“tiredness, exhaustion.”)

Mutation

References

• "coir" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 caire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 coirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “coir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “coir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Adjective

coïr

1. Alternative form of cóir

Mutation

Walloon

Noun

coir m

1. body

English

Etymology

From Middle English fome, fom, from Old English f?m, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin sp?ma (“foam”), Latin p?mex (“pumice”), Sanskrit ??? (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: f?m, IPA^(key): /fo?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: f?m, IPA^(key): /f??m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

foam (countable and uncountable, plural foams)

1. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.

2. A substance formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.

3. (by extension) Sea foam; (figuratively, poetic) the sea.

4. Fury.

Derived terms

• foamflower
• foaminess
• foamless
• foam rubber
• foamy
• shaving foam
• spray foam

Translations

Verb

foam (third-person singular simple present foams, present participle foaming, simple past and past participle foamed)

1. (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 6, [1]

     […] And that is it

     Hath made me rig my navy; at whose burthen

     The anger'd ocean foams; with which I meant

     To scourge the ingratitude that despiteful Rome

     Cast on my noble father.

   • 1706, Isaac Watts, “The Day of Judgement,” lines 1-2, [2]

     When the fierce North-wind with his airy forces

     Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury;

   • 1908, G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday, Chapter 8, [3]

     They were both silent for a measure of moments, and then Syme's speech came with a rush, like the sudden foaming of champagne.

2. (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam, to foam at the mouth.
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene 1, [4]

     […] to London will we march amain,

     And once again bestride our foaming steeds,

     And once again cry ‘Charge upon our foes!’

     But never once again turn back and fly.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Mark 9:17-18, [5]

     Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away.

   • 1748, John Cleland, Fanny Hill, Letter the First, Part 1, [6]

     But I was talking to the wind; for whether my tears, my attitude, or the disorder of my dress prov'd fresh incentives, or whether he was not under the dominion of desires he could not bridle, but snorting and foaming with lust and rage, he renews his attack, seizes me, and again attempts to extend and fix me on the settee […]

Derived terms

• foam at the mouth
• foamer
• foaming
• foam up

Translations