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Irish
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish cintaigid. By surface analysis, cion + -taigh.
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
- Synonyms: admhaigh, déan faoistin
- (transitive) to convict
- Synonym: daor
- to condemn, blame
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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ciontaím
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ciontaíonn tú; ciontaír†
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ciontaíonn sé, sí
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ciontaímid; ciontaíonn muid
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ciontaíonn sibh
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ciontaíonn siad; ciontaíd†
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a chiontaíonn; a chiontaíos / a gciontaíonn*
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ciontaítear
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past
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chiontaigh mé; chiontaíos
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chiontaigh tú; chiontaís
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chiontaigh sé, sí
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chiontaíomar; chiontaigh muid
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chiontaigh sibh; chiontaíobhair
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chiontaigh siad; chiontaíodar
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a chiontaigh / ar chiontaigh*
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ciontaíodh
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past habitual
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chiontaínn / gciontaínn‡‡
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chiontaíteá / gciontaíteᇇ
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chiontaíodh sé, sí / gciontaíodh sé, s퇇
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chiontaímis; chiontaíodh muid / gciontaímis‡‡; gciontaíodh muid‡‡
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chiontaíodh sibh / gciontaíodh sibh‡‡
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chiontaídís; chiontaíodh siad / gciontaídís‡‡; gciontaíodh siad‡‡
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a chiontaíodh / a gciontaíodh*
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chiontaítí / gciontaít퇇
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future
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ciontóidh mé; ciontód; ciontóchaidh mé†
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ciontóidh tú; ciontóir†; ciontóchaidh tú†
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ciontóidh sé, sí; ciontóchaidh sé, sí†
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ciontóimid; ciontóidh muid; ciontóchaimid†; ciontóchaidh muid†
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ciontóidh sibh; ciontóchaidh sibh†
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ciontóidh siad; ciontóid†; ciontóchaidh siad†
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a chiontóidh; a chiontós; a chiontóchaidh†; a chiontóchas† / a gciontóidh*; a gciontóchaidh*†
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ciontófar; ciontóchar†
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conditional
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chiontóinn; chiontóchainn† / gciontóinn‡‡; gciontóchainn†‡‡
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chiontófá; chiontóchthᆠ/ gciontófᇇ; gciontóchthᆇ‡
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chiontódh sé, sí; chiontóchadh sé, sí† / gciontódh sé, s퇇; gciontóchadh sé, s톇‡
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chiontóimis; chiontódh muid; chiontóchaimis†; chiontóchadh muid† / gciontóimis‡‡; gciontódh muid‡‡; gciontóchaimis†‡‡; gciontóchadh muid†‡‡
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chiontódh sibh; chiontóchadh sibh† / gciontódh sibh‡‡; gciontóchadh sibh†‡‡
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chiontóidís; chiontódh siad; chiontóchadh siad† / gciontóidís‡‡; gciontódh siad‡‡; gciontóchadh siad†‡‡
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a chiontódh; a chiontóchadh† / a gciontódh*; a gciontóchadh*†
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chiontófaí; chiontóchthaí† / gciontófa퇇; gciontóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go gciontaí mé; go gciontaíod†
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go gciontaí tú; go gciontaír†
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go gciontaí sé, sí
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go gciontaímid; go gciontaí muid
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go gciontaí sibh
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go gciontaí siad; go gciontaíd†
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—
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go gciontaítear
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past
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dá gciontaínn
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dá gciontaíteá
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dá gciontaíodh sé, sí
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dá gciontaímis; dá gciontaíodh muid
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dá gciontaíodh sibh
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dá gciontaídís; dá gciontaíodh siad
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—
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dá gciontaítí
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imperative
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ciontaím
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ciontaigh
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ciontaíodh sé, sí
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ciontaímis
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ciontaígí; ciontaídh†
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ciontaídís
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—
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ciontaítear
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verbal noun
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ciontú
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past participle
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ciontaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
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.
Adjective
ciontaigh
- inflection of ciontach:
- masculine vocative/genitive singular
- (archaic) feminine dative singular
Noun
ciontaigh
- inflection of ciontach:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.