Sasannach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (archaic) Sasgunnach

Etymology

From Middle Irish Saxanach, equivalent to Sasainn (“Saxon”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Irish Sasanach and Manx Sostynagh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪as̪ən̪ˠəx/
• Hyphenation: Sa‧san‧nach

Noun

Sasannach m (genitive singular Sasannaich, plural Sasannaich)

1. (sometimes derogatory) Englishman

Declension

Declension of Sasannach (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Sasannach	Sasannaich
Genitive	Sasannaich	Shasannach
Dative	Sasannach	Sasannaich; Sasannachaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) Sasannach	(na) Sasannaich
Genitive	(an) t-Sasannaich	(nan) Sasannach
Dative	(an) t-Sasannach	(na) Sasannaich; Sasannachaibh✝
Vocative	Shasannaich	Shasannacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Adjective

Sasannach (genitive singular masculine Sasannaich, genitive singular feminine Sasannaiche or Sasannaich, nominative plural Sasannach)

1. (sometimes derogatory) English

Declension

Declension of Sasannach (type I adjective)

	Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Nominative	Sasannach	Shasannach	Sasannach
Genitive	Shasannaich	Sasannaiche, Sasannaich	Sasannach
Dative	Sasannach	Shasannaich	Sasannach
Vocative	Shasannaich	Shasannach	Sasannach

Derived terms

• bana-Shasannach

Related terms

• Sasainn

Descendants

• → English: sassenach, Sassenach, sasanach
• → Scots: sassenach, sassanoch, sassenagh, sasennach, sasunnach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Sasannach	Shasannach after "an", t-Sasannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “Sasannach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 502