Sacsana

Irish

Alternative forms

• Sacsain

Proper noun

Sacsana m pl (genitive Sacsan) (archaic, plural only)

1. Saxons; English people
2. England

Declension

Declension of Sacsana

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

Usage notes

This archaic form is declined as a plural noun; the modern form Sasana (“England”) is treated as an invariable singular noun. The modern equivalent of the demonym meaning "Saxon" is Sacsanach and of the demonym meaning "English person" is Sasanach.

Mutation

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