ciontaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From ciontaigh (“transgress, offend”, verb) +‎ -acht.

Noun

ciontaíocht f (genitive singular ciontaíochta)

1. Alternative form of ciontacht (“guilt, guiltiness”)

Declension

Declension of ciontaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative ciontaíocht Vocative a chiontaíocht Genitive ciontaíochta Dative ciontaíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chiontaíocht Genitive na ciontaíochta Dative leis an gciontaíocht don chiontaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciontaíocht	chiontaíocht	gciontaíocht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciontacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN