tiontaigh
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish tintaigid (“to return”), a variant of Middle Irish tintáid, Middle Irish tintóid, from Old Irish do·intaí (“to turn back”). See Old Irish soïd (“to turn”).
Verb edit
tiontaigh (present analytic tiontaíonn, future analytic tiontóidh, verbal noun tiontú, past participle tiontaithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) convert
- (transitive) translate
- (transitive, intransitive, religion) convert
- Synonym: iompaigh
Conjugation edit
conjugation of tiontaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tiontaigh | thiontaigh | dtiontaigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiontaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tiontaigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tiontaigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do-intaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language