ciontacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciontaíl, ciontaíocht, ciontas

Etymology

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Noun

ciontacht f (genitive singular ciontachta)

1. guilt, guiltiness

Declension

Declension of ciontacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative ciontacht Vocative a chiontacht Genitive ciontachta Dative ciontacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chiontacht Genitive na ciontachta Dative leis an gciontacht don chiontacht

Related terms

• ciontach (“guilty”, adjective)
• ciontach m (“offender, transgressor; guilty person”)
• ciontaigh (“blame, accuse; convict; transgress, offend”, verb)
• ciontóir m (“offender”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciontacht	chiontacht	gciontacht
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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciontacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciontacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024