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)

  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

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

Mutated forms of ciontaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
ciontaigh chiontaigh gciontaigh

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