Seapáin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Japan, from Dutch Japan or Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃapˠɑːnʲ]

Proper noun

An tSeapáin f (genitive na Seapáine)

1. Japan

Derived terms

• Seapáinis (“the Japanese language”)
• Seapánach

Mutation

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