Sasanach

See also: sasanach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Saxanach; synchronically Sasana (“England”) +‎ -ach; derived from the Irish word meaning "Saxon" (compare Welsh Saesneg.)

Noun

Sasanach m, f (genitive singular Sasanaigh or Sasanaí, nominative plural Sasanaigh or Sasanacha)

1. Englishman, Englishwoman
2. (historical, familiar) Protestant

Declension

Masculine

Declension of Sasanach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Sasanach Sasanaigh Vocative a Shasanaigh a Shasanacha Genitive Sasanaigh Sasanach Dative Sasanach Sasanaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Sasanach na Sasanaigh Genitive an tSasanaigh na Sasanach Dative leis an Sasanach don Sasanach leis na Sasanaigh

Feminine

Declension of Sasanach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Sasanach Sasanacha Vocative a Shasanach a Shasanacha Genitive Sasanaí Sasanach Dative Sasanach Sasanacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tSasanach na Sasanacha Genitive na Sasanaí na Sasanach Dative leis an tSasanach don tSasanach leis na Sasanacha

Adjective

Sasanach (genitive singular masculine Sasanaigh, genitive singular feminine Sasanaí, plural Sasanacha, comparative Sasanaí)

1. English

Declension

Declension of Sasanach

First Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Sasanach	Sasanach¹	Sasanacha³
Vocative	Sasanaigh¹	Sasanach¹	Sasanacha
Genitive	Sasanaigh¹	Sasanaí (obsolete) Sasanaighe	Sasanacha	Sasanach
Dative	Sasanach²	Sasanach¹ (archaic) Sasanaigh¹	Sasanacha³
Comparative	Sasanaí (obsolete) Sasanaighe

¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• corn Sasanach (“cor anglais, English horn”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• "Sasanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “Saxanach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.