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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of Súdáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Súdáin	Shúdáin after an, tSúdáin	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

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