sanasán

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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

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

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