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
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɨ̞t̪ˠaɡ/

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ciotóg ciotóga
Vocative a chiotóg a chiotóga
Genitive ciotóige ciotóg
Dative ciotóg
ciotóig (archaic, dialectal)		 ciotóga

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciotóg chiotóg gciotóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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