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coir.

crime, offence; fault, transgression

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/keɾʲ//kiɾʲ//kɞɾʲ/
  1. crime, offence; fault, transgression

    feminine
  2. harm

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cair, caire, from Old Irish caire (“crime, fault, sin”), from Proto-Celtic *kariyā (whence also Welsh caredd).

verb/keɾʲ//kiɾʲ//kɞɾʲ/
  1. to tire, exhaust

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish coirid (“to tire”), from cor m (“act of tiring; tiredness, fatigue”).

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