tiontú

Irish

Alternative forms

• iontáil, iontó, iontódh, iontú, tiontó, tiontódh
• ionntáil, ionntó, ionntódh, ionntughadh, iontughadh, tionntó, tionntódh, tionntú, tionntughadh, tiontughadh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tintugad, intúd and Old Irish tintúd, verbal noun of do·intaí (“to return, translate”). By surface analysis, tiontaigh +‎ -ú.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɨ̞n̪ˠt̪ˠa/ (corresponding to the form tiontó)

Noun

tiontú m (genitive singular tiontaithe, nominative plural tiontuithe)

1. verbal noun of tiontaigh
2. turn (change of direction or orientation)
3. conversion (act of converting; also religious)
4. translation

Declension

Declension of tiontú (irregular)

bare forms singular plural nominative tiontú tiontuithe vocative a thiontú a thiontuithe genitive tiontaithe tiontuithe dative tiontú tiontuithe forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tiontú na tiontuithe genitive an tiontaithe na dtiontuithe dative leis an tiontú don tiontú leis na tiontuithe

Synonyms

• (turn): casadh
• (conversion): iompú, athrú
• (translation): aistriú

Derived terms

• tiontú sreibhe (“reversal of the mammary flow, leading to milk fever”)
• tiontú goile (“vomiting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiontú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tiontú	thiontú	dtiontú

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tionntóḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiontú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN