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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sanasán	shanasán after an, tsanasán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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