Súdáin

See also: südäin

Irish

Etymology

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

Proper noun

An tSúdáin f (genitive na Súdáine)

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Súdáine

Declension

Declension of Súdáin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Súdáin Vocative a Shúdáin Genitive Súdáine Dative Súdáin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSúdáin Genitive na Súdáine Dative leis an tSúdáin don tSúdáin

Derived terms

• An tSúdáin Theas f (“South Sudan”)
• Súdánach (“Sudanese”, adjective)
• Súdánach m (“a Sudanese person”)

 

Related terms

• Cartúm m (“Khartoum”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Súdáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tSúdáin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024