sanasán

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

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠɑn̪ˠəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠanˠəsˠɑːnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠanˠəsˠanˠ/

Noun

sanasán m (genitive singular sanasáin, nominative plural sanasáin)

glossary
Synonym: gluais
(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

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sanasán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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