Angla-Shacsanach

Irish

Etymology

From Angla- (“Anglo-”) +‎ Sacsanach (“Saxon”).

Adjective

Angla-Shacsanach (genitive singular masculine Angla-Shacsanaigh, genitive singular feminine Angla-Shacsanaí, plural Angla-Shacsanacha, comparative Angla-Shacsanaí)

1. (history, sociology) Anglo-Saxon

Declension

Declension of Angla-Shacsanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Angla-Shacsanach	Angla-Shacsanach	Angla-Shacsanacha
vocative	Angla-Shacsanaigh		Angla-Shacsanacha
genitive		Angla-Shacsanaí	Angla-Shacsanacha	Angla-Shacsanach
dative	Angla-Shacsanach	Angla-Shacsanach; Angla-Shacsanaigh (archaic)	Angla-Shacsanacha
Comparative	níos Angla-Shacsanaí
Superlative	is Angla-Shacsanaí

Related terms

• Angla-Shacsainis f (“the Old English language”, literally “Anglo-Saxon”)

Noun

Angla-Shacsanach m (genitive singular Angla-Shacsanaigh, nominative plural Angla-Shacsanaigh)

1. (history, sociology) Anglo-Saxon

Declension

Declension of Angla-Shacsanach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Angla-Shacsanach Angla-Shacsanaigh vocative a Angla-Shacsanaigh a Angla-Shacsanacha genitive Angla-Shacsanaigh Angla-Shacsanach dative Angla-Shacsanach Angla-Shacsanaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tAngla-Shacsanach na hAngla-Shacsanaigh genitive an Angla-Shacsanaigh na nAngla-Shacsanach dative leis an Angla-Shacsanach don Angla-Shacsanach leis na hAngla-Shacsanaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Angla-Shacsanach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Angla-Shacsanach	nAngla-Shacsanach	hAngla-Shacsanach	tAngla-Shacsanach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Angla-Shacsanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Anglo-Saxon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024