See also: sanasan

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From sanas (advice, counsel) +‎ -án. The sense "etymology, derivation" may be influenced by the name of Sanas Cormaic, a folk-etymological glossary dating from circa 900.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

sanasán m (genitive singular sanasáin, nominative plural sanasáin)

  1. glossary
    Synonym: gluais
  2. (obsolete) etymology, derivation
    Synonym: sanasaíocht

Inflection edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sanasán shanasán
after an, tsanasán
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit