Seapánach

Irish

Etymology

From an tSeapáin (“Japan”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Seapánach (genitive singular masculine Seapánaigh, genitive singular feminine Seapánaí, plural Seapánacha, not comparable)

1. Japanese

Declension

Declension of Seapánach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	Seapánach	Sheapánach	Seapánacha; Sheapánacha2
vocative	Sheapánaigh		Seapánacha
genitive		Seapánaí	Seapánacha	Seapánach
dative	Seapánach; Sheapánach1	Sheapánach; Sheapánaigh (archaic)	Seapánacha; Sheapánacha2
Comparative	níos Seapánaí
Superlative	is Seapánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Seapáinis (“the Japanese language”)

Noun

Seapánach m (genitive singular Seapánaigh, nominative plural Seapánaigh)

1. a Japanese person

Declension

Declension of Seapánach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative Seapánach Seapánaigh vocative a Sheapánaigh a Sheapánacha genitive Seapánaigh Seapánach dative Seapánach Seapánaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an Seapánach na Seapánaigh genitive an tSeapánaigh na Seapánach dative leis an Seapánach don Seapánach leis na Seapánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seapánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Seapánach	Sheapánach after an, tSeapánach	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

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