Sacsain

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish Saxain (“Saxons, England”), from Latin Saxōnēs, plural of Saxō (compare Old Irish Saxa (“Saxon”)).

Proper noun

Sacsain m pl (genitive Sacsan) (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Sacsana (“Saxons, English people; England”)

Declension

Declension of Sacsain (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative — Sacsana, Sacsain vocative — a Shacsana, a Shacsain genitive — Sacsan dative — Sacsanaib forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative — na Sacsana, na Sacsain genitive — na Sacsan dative — na Sacsanaib

Etymology 2

From Latin Saxōnia.

Proper noun

An tSacsain f (genitive na Sacsaine)

1. Obsolete form of Sasana (“England”).
2. Saxony (historic realm and modern state of Germany)

Declension

Declension of Sacsain (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Sacsain vocative a Shacsain genitive Sacsaine dative Sacsain forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tSacsain genitive na Sacsaine dative leis an tSacsain don tSacsain

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sacsain

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sacsain	Shacsain after an, tSacsain	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Saxain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language