ciotóg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish ciotóg, from Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos.

Noun

ciotóg (plural ciotógs)

1. (Ireland) A left-handed person.
   • 2005, Kevin O'Hara, Last of the Donkey Pilgrims: A Man's Journey Through Ireland, →ISBN, page 69:

     He was a ciotóg as well, and would sit at the head of that table like yourself with his hand curled above the page in a most awkward fashion.

   • 2007, John W. Hurley, Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick, →ISBN, page 106:

     Grimes, as a ciotóg (a left-hander) would defend his left side as a normal fighter would his right, and according to Walker, this would mean using the lower third of the stick to parry.

   • 2017, Jason Sherlock, Jayo: The Jason Sherlock Story, →ISBN:

     I was a ciotóg in school but decided to shoot right-handed.

Anagrams

• cogito

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞t̪ˠaɡ/

Noun

ciotóg f (genitive singular ciotóige, nominative plural ciotóga)

1. left hand, left fist
2. left-hander, leftie

Declension

Declension of ciotóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ciotóg ciotóga Vocative a chiotóg a chiotóga Genitive ciotóige ciotóg Dative ciotóg ciotóig (archaic, dialectal) ciotóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chiotóg na ciotóga Genitive na ciotóige na gciotóg Dative leis an gciotóg leis an gciotóig (archaic, dialectal) don chiotóg don chiotóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na ciotóga

Derived terms

• ciotógach

Related terms

• ciotach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciotóg	chiotóg	gciotóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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