ciontaí

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Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ciontaí

  1. the cause of something, the one to blame for something, the one responsible for something, a perpetrator (used only predicatively)
    Is mise is ciontaí.
    I'm to blame; it's my responsibility; it's my fault.
    Bhí sé ina chiontaí lena bhás féin
    He was responsible for his own death.

Adjective[edit]

ciontaí

  1. inflection of ciontach:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciontaí chiontaí gciontaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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