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Icelandic
Noun
sáinn m
- definite accusative singular of sár
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Alternative forms
Noun
sáinn f (genitive singular sáinne, nominative plural sáinneacha)
- corner, nook, recess
- trap, fix, predicament
- (chess) check
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sáinn
- first-person singular past habitual dependent of sáigh
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| sáinn
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sháinn
after an, tsáinn
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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