sanasán

See also: sanasan

Irish

Etymology

From sanas (“advice, counsel”) +‎ -án. The sense "etymology, derivation" may be influenced by the name of Sanas Cormaic, a folk-etymological glossary dating from circa 900.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɑn̪ˠəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠanˠəsˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠanˠəsˠanˠ/

Noun

sanasán m (genitive singular sanasáin, nominative plural sanasáin)

1. glossary

   Synonym: gluais

2. (obsolete) etymology, derivation

   Synonym: sanasaíocht

Inflection

Declension of sanasán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sanasán sanasáin vocative a sanasáin a sanasána genitive sanasáin sanasán dative sanasán sanasáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sanasán na sanasáin genitive an sanasáin na sanasán dative leis an sanasán don sanasán leis na sanasáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of sanasán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sanasán	shanasán after an, tsanasán	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

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