cóir, cáir

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‘right’, ‘proper’, ‘just’ (‘for’, do) 11.2, 18.21, etc.; compar. córa 51.15; as subst., ‘justice’ 35.19; gen. sg. córa 22.21, 46.15

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

[42], adj. & noun; díol c. 95 9; mo ch. my deserts 65 24, 95 9; c. (debt on account of) créachta, etc. críost 64 25, 38, 65 23; c. gaoithe, gráid, diagh, etc. 97 12 n; ar c. + gen. 72  1 n; c. de due amount of 45 9; c. ar right to 65 22; c. i n- requital for 41 26, 65 26, 95 9; do-ním c. re 45 9; re c. san gcrann 8611 n; do bhac córa an chroinn 96 14.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

  1. adj. right, proper; cóir 38, cáir 244.
  2. [N. 42] right, tribute 27, 28, 244, 477; fa cháir under tribute 540.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

claim, 3616 n. ; ré c., beside, 761, 778 ; a gcóir feadhma, prepared for contest, 6246.

Leabhar Branach: The Book of the O'Byrnes. Editor: Seán Mac Airt.

right, just. As subst. with various meanings. (a) right, justice, just claim: fri huair gcóra, at a time when just claims are in question, 474; cóir fán ttaobh thinn ós iomdha, since there is many a claim against this weakly body, 1117. (b) arrangement, disposition: a ccóir comhráidh do-chuadair, 1054. (c) favourable wind: cóir 'na n-aghaidh ar n-iompádh, the favourable wind having turned against them, 292 n.

Poems on the Butlers of Ormond, Cahir and Dunboyne (A.D. 1400–1650). Editor: James Carney.

just, fitting. As subst. ‘justice’, ‘just demands’, 106, 340: cf. BP, glossary. Other exx. of this almost technical sense: do chóir ag éineing ní fhuil, no territory has what is justly yours; ní fhuil énbhonn d’iomarcaidh dod cháir ag, has not more than a groat’s worth of what is yours, 2247; do chóir aca ní anfadh, what is justly yours would not remain with them, 2254   égóir as neg. of cóir ‘just demands’ (?): ní fhuil t’égóir ag Ultaibh, the Ulstermen have not what you hold in spite of them (what is yours unjustly) (?), 2245   cóir ‘arrangement’, ‘disposition’: buidhne go ccáir chogaidh, hosts arrayed for combat, 1716; cf. BP, glossary

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

(42), a right, what is due to, do chuirfeadh sé a gc. 'n-a gcoinne 4285; do ch. chloinne Céin 4286; cóir Luighnigh 4100; ar chóir 1255 n; do chóir 4414 n.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

  1. f., right, power, authority, orra sin amháin bhíos a ch., 754; 3636
  2. fit, just, right, 3645, 8584; compar. córa, 2060, 2655, 5003; sec. compar. córaide, 326
  3. in phr. dá ch., ‘near him,’ 762, 5210

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.