ciontacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciontaíl, ciontaíocht, ciontas

Etymology

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Noun

ciontacht f (genitive singular ciontachta)

1. guilt, guiltiness

Declension

Declension of ciontacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ciontacht vocative a chiontacht genitive ciontachta dative ciontacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chiontacht genitive na ciontachta dative leis an gciontacht don chiontacht

Related terms

• ciontach (“guilty”, adjective)
• ciontach m (“offender, transgressor; guilty person”)
• ciontaigh (“blame, accuse; convict; transgress, offend”, verb)
• ciontóir m (“offender”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciontacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciontacht	chiontacht	gciontacht

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) “ciontacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciontacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciontacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024