Sasanach

See also: sasanach

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈsˠasˠənˠəx/

Etymology

From Middle Irish Saxanach; synchronically Sasana (“England”) +‎ -ach; derived from the Irish word meaning "Saxon" (compare Welsh Saesneg).

Noun

Sasanach m (genitive singular Sasanaigh, nominative plural Sasanaigh)

  1. Englishman, Englishwoman
  2. (historical, familiar) Protestant

Declension
Masculine
Declension of Sasanach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Sasanach Sasanaigh
Vocative a Shasanaigh a Shasanacha
Genitive Sasanaigh Sasanach
Dative Sasanach Sasanaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Sasanach na Sasanaigh
Genitive an tSasanaigh na Sasanach
Dative leis an Sasanach

don Sasanach

 leis na Sasanaigh

Adjective

Sasanach (genitive singular masculine Sasanaigh, genitive singular feminine Sasanaí, plural Sasanacha, not comparable)

  1. English

Declension
Declension of Sasanach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Sasanach Shasanach Sasanacha;
Shasanacha²
Vocative Shasanaigh Sasanacha
Genitive Sasanaí Sasanacha Sasanach
Dative Sasanach;
Shasanach¹		 Shasanach;
Shasanaigh (archaic)		 Sasanacha;
Shasanacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • "Sasanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “Saxanach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “Sasanach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Sasanach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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