See also: coir and cóir

Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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

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

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Adjective

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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

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