ciotrúnta
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ciot(ach) (“awkward”) + urrúnta (“robust”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ciotrúnta
- awkward, maladroit
- Synonym: crúbach
- contrary, obstinate
- Synonyms: cruamhuineálach, ceanndána, ceanntréan, stuacach, dáigh
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | ciotrúnta | chiotrúnta | ciotrúnta; chiotrúnta2 | |
| vocative | chiotrúnta | ciotrúnta | ||
| genitive | ciotrúnta | ciotrúnta | ciotrúnta | |
| dative | ciotrúnta; chiotrúnta1 |
chiotrúnta | ciotrúnta; chiotrúnta2 | |
| Comparative | níos ciotrúnta | |||
| Superlative | is ciotrúnta | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| ciotrúnta | chiotrúnta | gciotrúnta |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- “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 [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14