ciontas

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ciontas m (genitive singular ciontais)

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

Declension

Declension of ciontas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ciontas Vocative a chiontais Genitive ciontais Dative ciontas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ciontas Genitive an chiontais Dative leis an gciontas don chiontas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciontas	chiontas	gciontas
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