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Irish
Etymology
From ciot(ach) (“awkward”) + urrúnta (“robust”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ciotrúnta
- awkward, maladroit
- Synonym: crúbach
- contrary, obstinate
- Synonyms: cruamhuineálach, ceanndána, ceanntréan, stuacach, dáigh
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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ciotrúnta
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chiotrúnta
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ciotrúnta; chiotrúnta²
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Vocative
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chiotrúnta
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ciotrúnta
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Genitive
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ciotrúnta
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ciotrúnta
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ciotrúnta
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Dative
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ciotrúnta; chiotrúnta¹
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chiotrúnta
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ciotrúnta; chiotrúnta²
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Comparative
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níos ciotrúnta
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Superlative
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is ciotrúnta
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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ciotrúnta
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chiotrúnta
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gciotrúnta
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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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Further reading
- “ciotrúnta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ciot-urraḋanta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciotrúnta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14