i (neg. of cóir)
adj
I
Incongruous,
wrong, inaccurate, improper, unjust, unfitting : ecóir (gl.
incongruum)
Sg. 30a19
. manip ecoir frisin stoir if it be
not at variance with the history
Ml. 14d10
. ni hecoir
laisim he deems it not amiss
Mon. Tall. § 58
.
ná
denaid ni bas écóir,
SR 3114
.
blúsar .i. nuall ard écoir,
Phil. Soc. Trans. 1859, 173
=
O'Mulc. 180
. ecóir duit amles
ar slúaig it is wrong for thee
TBC-LL¹ 490
.
ba hécoir doib
Crist do orcain,
PH 3679
. ecoir i ndernais what thou hast
done is wrong
TBC-I¹ 2504
.
fogal adbal écáir,
Metr. Dinds.
iii 4
.
atchonnaic Andromache...aslingi n-ingnad n-écóir
da fir,
LL 242b45
=
TTr. 1939
. rochoimdidnaistair indí
naem Muire ind ḟis (i.e. Joseph's vision) ar rogab toimdin
ecoir di fein for she had conceived an unjust opinion of
herself
YBL 156b23
.
ba he met ro-lad cor dia indtleacht na
hingine...combao taircill ┐ combo heccoir a ndognidis a
lama,
ZCP xiii 262.21
.
is cath écoir in cath sin (ni fuil fír
catha acatsa v.l.),
Acall. 3018
. cech ní da tucais toil écoir
PH 7820
.
fédliugud isin cinded ecoir,
5259
. gan ḟear i
n-ionadh éagcóir, Gofraidh Fionn,
Ir. Monthly 1919, 106
.
an díomas éagcóir (one of the capital sins)
Dán Dé xxxi
35
.
cúis éagcáir,
Content. ix 25
.
x 11
. Adverbially: éagóir
doradas grádh... I was wrong to love...
Dánta Gr. 84.13
.
éagóir atáid na trí rígh | ar ṡíol gC.,
TD 9.43
.
Keat. ii
839
.
5141
.
fógrais [cogadh] go héagáir,
TD 18.25
. In
special sense : ecoir nadma one who cannot rightfully make
a contract (a minor)
Laws i 84.28
(expld :
.i. mac beoathar .i. inti is ecoir do gabail i naidm nascairecht,
86
).
Compar. : cid ēcōru mo beithse and anās cach deglæch ?
TBC-I¹ 2224
.
II Subst. i, n., later f. ; gen. éccóra, later also éccórach,
éccóire, see
IGT, Decl. § 42
.
Wrong, impropriety, injustice
(used both of errors of judgment and of moral
wrong) :
is olc gach `égcóir',
Metr. Gl., Eg. 23
. issed ám
a n-écóir putare (gl. quid sic incongruum quam...putare ?)
Sg. 211 a 3
. .i. écoir dungni som ón `i.e. the wrong
which he does'
Ml. 127a5
. ba immarcraid ┐ ba écóir
LL 220a19
.
imnid ┐ écora,
ib. 10
.
is fair [ro] himred
ecoir,
MacCarthy 27
.
cid mór dh'olcaib ┐ d'écóraib daringsem
ri hAilill,
TBC-LL¹ 2906
.
i cinaid cech ecora do-rónus
frit,
PH 2241
.
do dhíoghail na neccórach dognífider re
Senan,
ZCP x 22 n. 3
.
ac dénam uilcc ┐ écórach,
Acall.
7769
. a ndingnaid d'eccoir ┐ d'aindlighedh ar na dainib
BCC § 127
.
an tan dogníther eccóir no inghreim ar an
inis,
ZCP x 22
. is missi rabói ar in chóir ┐ iatsom ar ecóir
LL 150a7
=
SG 71
.
is sib atá ar an écoir,
Acall. 7119
.
na
bí for comrorcain na for ecoir,
PH 6603
. Cú Uladh ┐
Domhnall...do erghabhail la M. ina n-éccóraigh fein for
their own misdeed
AFM ii 1064.7
.
a shoud o écoir ┐ a
thabairt for cóir,
PH 2127
. lenfaid adhaltras is écāir
ZCP iii 31.34
. ní dhéinim éagcóir ort `injuriam'
TSh.
10137
.
ag déanamh...éagcóra ar anbhfannaibh,
3545
.
Error :
do gheibhid na daoithe...lochta is na neithibh
bhios gan locht...┐ leigidh siad an égoir tharrsa gan an
locht bhios go follas indte dfaicsin,
Carswell 22
. Usually
with subj. gen.:
a n-écora fri Greco,
LL 220a20
=
TTr. 217
.
do dighail ar n-uilc ┐ ar n-écorach oraind,
Celt. Rev. ix 120
=
TTebe 1960
.
oc athi bar col ┐ bar n-écora foraib,
PH
3638
.
TD 18.13
; but also obj. gen. :
mairg na dingne
córa friu fo bíth is esbach a n-écoir do dénam,
LL 234b15
=
TTr. 1303
.
da chuimnigh a egoir ┐ a anfolaidh,
YBL
338a16
.
m'égcóir,
Miscell. Celt. Soc. 150.12
.
méad
m'éagára is m' aindlighidh,
TD 42.3
. (lucht) na héagcóra
workers of injustice
TSh. 5348
.
éagcóir beóil ┐ láimhe
d'fhulang,
2962
. Cf.
ecorai cosnadae,
TBC-I¹ 3447
(rhet.). Of physical damage
:
gaethach dímor ... gur trascair clocthach Ruis Ilattri ┐ gu nairna egora mora gu cotchend 'a very destructive wind ... it blew down the bell-tower of Ros Ailithir and caused much damage generally',
AI 386 (s.a. 1285.2)
.