Sacsain

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish Saxain (“Saxons, England”), from Latin Saxōnēs, plural of Saxō (compare Old Irish Saxa (“Saxon”)).

Proper noun

Sacsain m pl (genitive Sacsan) (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Sacsana (“Saxons, English people; England”)

Declension

Declension of Sacsain

Fifth declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative — Sacsana, Sacsain Vocative — a Shacsana, a Shacsain Genitive — Sacsan Dative — Sacsanaib

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative — na Sacsana, na Sacsain Genitive — na Sacsan Dative — na Sacsanaib

Etymology 2

From Latin Saxōnia.

Proper noun

An tSacsain f (genitive na Sacsaine)

1. Obsolete form of Sasana (“England”).
2. Saxony (historic realm and modern state of Germany)

Declension

Declension of Sacsain

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Sacsain Vocative a Shacsain Genitive Sacsaine Dative Sacsain

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSacsain Genitive na Sacsaine Dative leis an tSacsain don tSacsain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Sacsain	Shacsain after an, tSacsain	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Saxain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language