ciontaí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞n̪ˠt̪ˠi/

Noun

ciontaí

1. the cause of something, the one to blame for something, the one responsible for something, a perpetrator (used only predicatively)

   Is mise is ciontaí.

   I'm to blame; it's my responsibility; it's my fault.

   Bhí sé ina chiontaí lena bhás féin

   He was responsible for his own death.

Adjective

ciontaí

1. inflection of ciontach:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciontaí	chiontaí	gciontaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciontaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 38