Satharn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Satharn (compare Manx Sarn), from Latin Saturnus. Doublet of Satarn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠahəɾˠn̪ˠ/

Noun

Satharn m or f (genitive singular Sathairn, nominative plural Sathairn)

1. Saturday (day of the week)

Declension

Declension of Satharn (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Satharn Sathairn vocative a Shathairn a Shatharna genitive Sathairn Satharn dative Satharn Sathairn forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Satharn na Sathairn genitive an tSathairn na Satharn dative leis an Satharn don Satharn leis na Sathairn

Derived terms

• Dé Sathairn
• Satharn Cásca (“Holy Saturday”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Satharn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Satharn	Shatharn after an, tSatharn	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• days of the week (appendix): Domhnach · Luan · Máirt · Céadaoin · Déardaoin · Aoine · Satharn ^[edit]

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Satharn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Satharn”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Satharn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• Satharnn

Etymology

From Latin Saturnus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaθar͈n͈]

Noun

Satharn m (genitive Sathairn)

1. Saturday (day of the week)

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Satharn	—	—
vocative	Sathairn	—	—
accusative	SatharnN	—	—
genitive	SathairnL	—	—
dative	SathurnL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112^c11

  .i. día Sathairnn ro·gabad in salm-so.

  [It was] on Saturday that this psalm was sung.

Derived terms

• día Sathairn

Mutation

Mutation of Satharn

radical	lenition	nasalization
Satharn	Ṡatharn	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• days of the week: láe sechtmaine (appendix): domnach · lúan · Máirt · cétaín · dardaín · aín dídine · Satharn ^[edit]

Further reading

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