Sátan

See also: satan, Satan, sátán, Sátán, Satán, Satàn, and Satān

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sátán, from Latin Satān, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɑːʰtan/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːʰtan
• Homophone: sátan

Proper noun

Sátan (genitive Sátans)

1. (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) Satan, supreme evil spirit of Abrahamic religions.

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Sátan
accusative	Sátan
dative	Sátani
genitive	Sátans

Derived terms

• sátanskur

Irish

Alternative forms

• Satán

Etymology

From Latin Satān, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).

Proper noun

Sátan m (genitive Sátain)

1. (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) Satan

Declension

Declension of Sátan (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Sátan vocative a Shátain genitive Sátain dative Sátan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Sátan genitive an tSátain dative leis an Sátan don Sátan

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sátan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sátan	Shátan after an, tSátan	not applicable

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) “Sátan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sátan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Sátan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024