ciontach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cionntach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cintach (“guilty, liable, blameworthy; one who is liable, guilty party”). By surface analysis, cion (“guilt, crime, sin, fault, blame”) +‎ -(t)ach.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /ˈcəunˠt̪ˠəx/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈcuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞n̪ˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

ciontach (genitive singular masculine ciontaigh, genitive singular feminine ciontaí, plural ciontacha, comparative ciontaí)

1. at fault, blameable, culpable, censurable, delinquent, guilty

Declension

Declension of ciontach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ciontach	chiontach	ciontacha; chiontacha2
vocative	chiontaigh		ciontacha
genitive		ciontaí	ciontacha	ciontach
dative	ciontach; chiontach1	chiontach; chiontaigh (archaic)	ciontacha; chiontacha2
Comparative	níos ciontaí
Superlative	is ciontaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

ciontach m (genitive singular ciontaigh, nominative plural ciontaigh)

1. convict, culprit, offender

Declension

Declension of ciontach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciontach ciontaigh vocative a chiontaigh a chiontacha genitive ciontaigh ciontach dative ciontach ciontaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciontach na ciontaigh genitive an chiontaigh na gciontach dative leis an gciontach don chiontach leis na ciontaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciontach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciontach	chiontach	gciontach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciontach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 23

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cintach (“guilty, liable, blameworthy; one who is liable, guilty party”). By surface analysis, ciont (“guilt, crime, sin, fault, blame”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰin̪ˠt̪əx/

Adjective

ciontach (genitive singular masculine ciontaich, comparative ciontaiche)

1. at fault, blameable, culpable, censurable, delinquent, guilty

Derived terms

• neoichiontach (“innocent”)

Noun

ciontach m (genitive singular ciontaich, plural ciontaich)

1. convict, culprit, offender

Mutation

Mutation of ciontach

radical	lenition
ciontach	chiontach

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ciontach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cintach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language