sanasán

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See also: sanasan

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

Mutated forms of sanasán
radical lenition eclipsis
sanasán shanasán
after an, tsanasán
not applicable

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

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