tiontaigh
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish tintaigid (“to return”), a variant of Middle Irish tintáid, Middle Irish tintóid, from Old Irish do·intaí (“to turn back”). See Old Irish soïd (“to turn”).
Verb
edittiontaigh (present analytic tiontaíonn, future analytic tiontóidh, verbal noun tiontú, past participle tiontaithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) convert
- (transitive) translate
- (transitive, intransitive, religion) convert
- Synonym: iompaigh
Conjugation
editconjugation of tiontaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tiontaigh | thiontaigh | dtiontaigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiontaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tiontaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tiontaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do-intaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language