ciontach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cionntach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cintach (“guilty, liable, blameworthy; one who is liable, guilty party”). By surface analysis, cion (“transgression”) +‎ -(t)ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ciontach (genitive singular masculine ciontaigh, genitive singular feminine ciontaí, plural ciontacha, comparative ciontaí)

  1. at fault, blameable, culpable, censurable, delinquent, guilty

Declension

Declension of ciontach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ciontach chiontach ciontacha;
chiontacha2
vocative chiontaigh ciontacha
genitive ciontaí ciontacha ciontach
dative ciontach;
chiontach1 		chiontach;
chiontaigh (archaic) 		ciontacha;
chiontacha2
Comparative níos ciontaí
Superlative is ciontaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

ciontach m (genitive singular ciontaigh, nominative plural ciontaigh)

  1. convict, culprit, offender

Declension

Declension of ciontach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ciontach ciontaigh
vocative a chiontaigh a chiontacha
genitive ciontaigh ciontach
dative ciontach ciontaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ciontach na ciontaigh
genitive an chiontaigh na gciontach
dative leis an gciontach
don chiontach 		leis na ciontaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciontach
radical lenition eclipsis
ciontach chiontach gciontach

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

References

  1. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 110, page 22
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 236, page 66; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 173
  5. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 195, page 85

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cionntaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 193; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciontach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cintach (“guilty, liable, blameworthy; one who is liable, guilty party”). By surface analysis, ciont (“guilt, crime, sin, fault, blame”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰin̪ˠt̪əx/

Adjective

ciontach (genitive singular masculine ciontaich, comparative nas ciontaiche, superlative as ciontaiche)

  1. at fault, blameable, culpable, censurable, delinquent, guilty

Derived terms

Noun

ciontach m (genitive singular ciontaich, plural ciontaich)

  1. convict, culprit, offender

Mutation

Mutation of ciontach
radical lenition
ciontach chiontach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “ciontach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cintach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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