ciota

See also: ciotą

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Cognate with English kit (“circular wooden vessel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ciota m (genitive singular ciota, nominative plural ciotaí)

  1. wooden mug

Declension

Declension of ciota (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ciota ciotaí
vocative a chiota a chiotaí
genitive ciota ciotaí
dative ciota ciotaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ciota na ciotaí
genitive an chiota na gciotaí
dative leis an gciota
don chiota 		leis na ciotaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciota
radical lenition eclipsis
ciota chiota gciota

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 170, page 87

Further reading

  • “ciota”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ciota”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 195; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from ciotka.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɔ.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: cio‧ta

Noun

ciota f

  1. (offensive) homosexual or effeminate man; fag; faggot
  2. (colloquial) menstruation
    Synonyms: ciotka, menstruacja, miesiączka, period, okres
  3. (obsolete or dialectal, Central Greater Poland) female foreteller or witch doctor
  4. (obsolete) maternal aunt
  5. (Kuyavia, derogatory) augmentative of ciotka

Declension

Declension of ciota
singular plural
nominative ciota cioty
genitive cioty ciot
dative ciocie ciotom
accusative ciotę cioty
instrumental ciotą ciotami
locative ciocie ciotach
vocative cioto cioty

Further reading

  • ciota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ciota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “ciota”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 621
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “ciota”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1916) “ciota”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary wielkopolskiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 8, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 95
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