ciota

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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɯt̪ˠə/

Noun

ciota m (genitive singular ciota, nominative plural ciotaí)

1. wooden mug

Declension

Declension of ciota

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ciota ciotaí Vocative a chiota a chiotaí Genitive ciota ciotaí Dative ciota ciotaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciota na ciotaí Genitive an chiota na gciotaí Dative leis an gciota don chiota leis na ciotaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciota	chiota	gciota
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from ciotka.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɔta/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɔta/

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• 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) 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