ciontaí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • (noun): cionntaighe, ciontaidhe, ciontaighe, ciontaithe, ciontuidhe, ciontuighe (obsolete)[1]
  • (adjective): cionntaighe, ciontaighe (superseded)

Pronunciation

Noun

ciontaí

  1. the cause of something, the one to blame for something, the one responsible for something, a perpetrator (used only predicatively)
    Is mise is ciontaí.
    I'm to blame; it's my responsibility; it's my fault.
    Bhí sé ina chiontaí lena bhás féin
    He was responsible for his own death.

Adjective

ciontaí

  1. inflection of ciontach:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciontaí
radical lenition eclipsis
ciontaí chiontaí gciontaí

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “ciontaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 207.1, page 102
  3. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974), Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 43
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 36, page 11
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 97, page 38

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.