sain-

See also: sain, saín, and säin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sain (“different, distinct, separate; peculiar, special”).

Prefix

sain-

1. special, particular, specific, characteristic

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with sain-

Mutation

Mutated forms of sain-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sain-	shain- after an, tsain-	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 sain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sain-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sain-”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “sain-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024