ciontaigh
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Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish cintaigid. By surface analysis, cion + -taigh.
Alternative forms
Verb
ciontaigh (present analytic ciontaíonn, future analytic ciontóidh, verbal noun ciontú, past participle ciontaithe)
- (intransitive) to transgress (commit an offense), sin, offend
- (transitive) to accuse, incriminate
- Synonyms: cuir i leith, ionchoirigh
- (reflexive) to confess
- (transitive) to convict
- Synonym: daor
- to condemn, blame
Conjugation
conjugation of ciontaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
- ciontaitheoir
- ciontaigh le (“have illicit sex with”)
Further reading
- “ciontaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cintaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cionntuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 140
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciontaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Adjective
ciontaigh
Noun
ciontaigh
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ciontaigh | chiontaigh | gciontaigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms suffixed with -tigh
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish reflexive verbs
- Irish second-conjugation verbs
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish adjective forms
- Irish terms with archaic senses
- Irish noun forms