ciontóir
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cion (“offence, transgression; blame”) + -tóir.
Noun
[edit]ciontóir m (genitive singular ciontóra, nominative plural ciontóirí)
- offender
- Synonym: ciontaitheoir
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- banchiontóir (“female offender”)
- ciontóir gnéis (“sex offender”)
- ciontóir óg (“young offender”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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ciontóir | chiontóir | gciontóir |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciontóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciontóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ciontóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024