Saxa
Middle Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Saxō, from West Proto-Germanic *sahsô (whence Old English Seaxan), probably originally a derivative of *sahsą (“knife”).
Noun
Saxa m (nominative plural Saxain)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| Saxa | Ṡaxa | unchanged |
| 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), “Saxa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language