ciontaí

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Irish

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.

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