Sasanach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish Saxanach; synchronically Sasana (“England”) + -ach; derived from the Irish word meaning "Saxon" (compare Welsh Saesneg).
Noun[edit]
Sasanach m (genitive singular Sasanaigh, nominative plural Sasanaigh)
Declension[edit]
- Masculine
Declension of Sasanach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective[edit]
Sasanach (genitive singular masculine Sasanaigh, genitive singular feminine Sasanaí, plural Sasanacha, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Sasanach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Sasanach | Shasanach | Sasanacha; Shasanacha² | |
Vocative | Shasanaigh | Sasanacha | ||
Genitive | Sasanaí | Sasanacha | Sasanach | |
Dative | Sasanach; Shasanach¹ |
Shasanach; Shasanaigh (archaic) |
Sasanacha; Shasanacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
- corn Sasanach (“cor anglais, English horn”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Sasanach | Shasanach after an, tSasanach |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- "Sasanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “Saxanach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “Sasanach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “Sasanach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish terms with historical senses
- Irish familiar terms
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish uncomparable adjectives
- Irish adjectives
- ga:England
- ga:Nationalities