ciontaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cintaigid. By surface analysis, cion + -taigh.

Alternative forms

  • cionntaigh, cionntuigh, ciontuigh (obsolete)

Verb

ciontaigh (present analytic ciontaíonn, future analytic ciontóidh, verbal noun ciontú, past participle ciontaithe)

  1. (intransitive) to transgress (commit an offense), sin, offend
  2. (transitive) to accuse, incriminate
    Synonyms: cuir i leith, ionchoirigh
  3. (reflexive) to confess
    Synonyms: admhaigh, déan faoistin
  4. (transitive) to convict
    Synonym: daor
  5. to condemn, blame
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • cionntaigh (obsolete)

Adjective

ciontaigh

  1. inflection of ciontach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Noun

ciontaigh

  1. inflection of ciontach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciontaigh chiontaigh gciontaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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