ciotach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cittach from Proto-Celtic *(s)kīttos + -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ciotach (genitive singular masculine ciotaigh, genitive singular feminine ciotaí, plural ciotacha, comparative ciotaí)

  1. left-handed
    Synonym: ciotógach
  2. awkward, clumsy
  3. difficult, inconvenient

Declension

Declension of ciotach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ciotach chiotach ciotacha;
chiotacha2
vocative chiotaigh ciotacha
genitive ciotaí ciotacha ciotach
dative ciotach;
chiotach1 		chiotach;
chiotaigh (archaic) 		ciotacha;
chiotacha2
Comparative níos ciotaí
Superlative is ciotaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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, page 82

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɔ.tax/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtax
  • Syllabification: cio‧tach

Noun

ciotach f

  1. locative plural of ciota
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