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Irish
Etymology
From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Cognate with English kit (“circular wooden vessel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ciota m (genitive singular ciota, nominative plural ciotaí)
- wooden mug
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ciota
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chiota
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gciota
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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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References
Further reading
- “ciota”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ciota”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Back-formation from ciotka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɔ.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔta
- Syllabification: cio‧ta
Noun
ciota f
- (offensive) homosexual or effeminate man; fag; faggot
- (colloquial) menstruation
- Synonyms: ciotka, menstruacja, miesiączka, period, okres
- (obsolete) female foreteller or witch doctor
- (obsolete) maternal aunt
Declension
Further reading
- ciota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ciota in Polish dictionaries at PWN