Sasana

See also: sāsana

Irish

Alternative forms

• Sacsain, Sacsana (obsolete)
• Sasain
• Shasana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠasˠən̪ˠə/, /ˈsˠasˠənˠə/

Proper noun

Sasana m (genitive Shasana)

1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Usage notes

• Not used with the definite article.

Derived terms

• Sasanach
• Sasana Nua

Mutation

Mutated forms of Sasana

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Sasana	Shasana after an, tSasana	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
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Sasana”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 597
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Sasana”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Sasana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sasana”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Sasana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025