Sasanach
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See also: sasanach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish Saxanach. By surface analysis, Sasana (“England”) + -ach; derived from the Irish word meaning "Saxon" (compare Welsh Saesneg). Doublet of Sacsanach.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɑsˠən̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠasˠənˠəx/, /ˈsˠasˠən̪ˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠasˠənˠa(x)/, /ˈsˠasˠən̪ˠa(x)/
Noun
[edit]Sasanach m (genitive singular Sasanaigh, nominative plural Sasanaigh)
Declension
[edit]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]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sasanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Saxanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sasanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Sasanach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish doublets
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with historical senses
- Irish familiar terms
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish uncomparable adjectives
- Irish adjectives
- ga:England
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