sáinn

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Icelandic

Noun

sáinn m

  1. definite accusative singular of sár

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

Noun

sáinn f (genitive singular sáinne, nominative plural sáinneacha)

  1. corner, nook, recess
  2. trap, fix, predicament
  3. (chess) check
Declension
Declension of sáinn

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sáinn sáinneacha
Vocative a sháinn a sháinneacha
Genitive sáinne sáinneacha
Dative sáinn sáinneacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tsáinn na sáinneacha
Genitive na sáinne na sáinneacha
Dative leis an tsáinn

don tsáinn

leis na sáinneacha
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sáinn

  1. first-person singular past habitual dependent of sáigh

Mutation

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