different between coit vs coir

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??t/

Etymology 1

See quoit.

Noun

coit (plural coits)

1. Obsolete form of quoit.

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Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw.

   to coit a stone

Etymology 2

Back-formation from coitus.

Noun

coit

1. Synonym of coition

Verb

coit (third-person singular simple present coits, present participle coiting, simple past and past participle coited)

1. (rare) to copulate; to mate

Synonyms

• coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Anagrams

• -otic, Tico, Toci, otic

Latin

Verb

coit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of coe?

Romanian

Etymology

From French coït

Noun

coit n (plural coituri)

1. sexual intercourse

Declension

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