ciontach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cionntach (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Waterford) IPA(key): /ˈcəunˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈcuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɨ̞n̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/

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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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.

Noun

ciontach m (genitive singular ciontaigh, nominative plural ciontaigh)

  1. convict, culprit, offender

Declension
Declension of ciontach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ciontach ciontaigh
Vocative a chiontaigh a chiontacha
Genitive ciontaigh ciontach
Dative ciontach ciontaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ciontach na ciontaigh
Genitive an chiontaigh na gciontach
Dative leis an gciontach

don chiontach

 leis na ciontaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciontach chiontach gciontach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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 ciontaiche)

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

Noun

ciontach m (genitive singular ciontaich, plural ciontaich)

  1. convict, culprit, offender

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ciontachchiontach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ciontach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cintach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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