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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish ciotóg, from Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos.
Noun
ciotóg (plural ciotógs)
- (Ireland) A left-handed person.
2005, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland, →ISBN, page 69:He was a ciotóg as well, and would sit at the head of that table like yourself with his hand curled above the page in a most awkward fashion.
2007, John W. Hurley, Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick, →ISBN, page 106:Grimes, as a ciotóg (a left-hander) would defend his left side as a normal fighter would his right, and according to Walker, this would mean using the lower third of the stick to parry.
2017, Jason Sherlock, Jayo: The Jason Sherlock Story, →ISBN:I was a ciotóg in school but decided to shoot right-handed.
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Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
ciotóg f (genitive singular ciotóige, nominative plural ciotóga)
- left hand, left fist
- left-hander, leftie
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Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ciotóg
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chiotóg
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gciotóg
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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