Sacsanach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish Saxanach.[1] By surface analysis, Sacsana + -ach. Doublet of Sasanach.
Adjective
editSacsanach (genitive singular masculine Sacsanaigh, genitive singular feminine Sacsanaí, plural Sacsanacha, not comparable)
- Saxon
- (nominalized) Saxon (person)
Declension
editDeclension of Sacsanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Sacsanach | Shacsanach | Sacsanacha; Shacsanacha² | |
| Vocative | Shacsanaigh | Sacsanacha | ||
| Genitive | Sacsanaí | Sacsanacha | Sacsanach | |
| Dative | Sacsanach; Shacsanach¹ |
Shacsanach; Shacsanaigh (archaic) |
Sacsanacha; Shacsanacha² | |
| 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
editMutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Sacsanach | Shacsanach after an, tSacsanach |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Saxanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sacsanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN