Sacsanach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish Saxanach.[1] By surface analysis, Sacsana + -ach. Doublet of Sasanach.
Adjective
[edit]Sacsanach (genitive singular masculine Sacsanaigh, genitive singular feminine Sacsanaí, plural Sacsanacha, not comparable)
- Saxon
- (nominalized) Saxon (person)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | Sacsanach | Shacsanach | Sacsanacha; Shacsanacha2 | |
| vocative | Shacsanaigh | Sacsanacha | ||
| genitive | Sacsanaí | Sacsanacha | Sacsanach | |
| dative | Sacsanach; Shacsanach1 |
Shacsanach; Shacsanaigh (archaic) |
Sacsanacha; Shacsanacha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Sacsanach | Shacsanach after an, tSacsanach |
not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Saxanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sacsanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN