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

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

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
singular plural
nominative ciotóg ciotóga
vocative a chiotóg a chiotóga
genitive ciotóige ciotóg
dative ciotóg
ciotóig (archaic, dialectal) 		ciotóga
forms with the definite article
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciotóg
radical lenition eclipsis
ciotóg chiotóg gciotóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 97, page 38

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