Sasannach

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish Saxanach, equivalent to Sasainn (“Saxon”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Irish Sasanach and Manx Sostynagh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪as̪ən̪ˠəx/
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧san‧nach

Noun

Sasannach m (genitive singular Sasannaich, plural Sasannaich)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) Englishman

Declension

Declension of Sasannach (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative Sasannach Sasannaich
Genitive Sasannaich Shasannach
Dative Sasannach Sasannaich; Sasannachaibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) Sasannach (na) Sasannaich
Genitive (an) t-Sasannaich (nan) Sasannach
Dative (an) t-Sasannach (na) Sasannaich; Sasannachaibh✝
Vocative Shasannaich Shasannacha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Adjective

Sasannach (genitive singular masculine Sasannaich, genitive singular feminine Sasannaiche or Sasannaich, nominative plural Sasannach)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) English

Declension

Declension of Sasannach (type I adjective)
Masculine Feminine Plural
Nominative Sasannach Shasannach Sasannach
Genitive Shasannaich Sasannaiche, Sasannaich Sasannach
Dative Sasannach Shasannaich Sasannach
Vocative Shasannaich Shasannach Sasannach

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of Sasannach
radical lenition
Sasannach Shasannach
after "an", t-Sasannach

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “Sasannach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 502
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