Seapánach

Irish

Etymology

From an tSeapáin (“Japan”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Seapánach (genitive singular masculine Seapánaigh, genitive singular feminine Seapánaí, plural Seapánacha, not comparable)

  1. Japanese

Declension
Declension of Seapánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Seapánach Sheapánach Seapánacha;
Sheapánacha²
Vocative Sheapánaigh Seapánacha
Genitive Seapánaí Seapánacha Seapánach
Dative Seapánach;
Sheapánach¹		 Sheapánach;
Sheapánaigh (archaic)		 Seapánacha;
Sheapánacha²
Comparative níos Seapánaí
Superlative is Seapánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Seapánach m (genitive singular Seapánaigh, nominative plural Seapánaigh)

  1. a Japanese person

Declension
Declension of Seapánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Seapánach Seapánaigh
Vocative a Sheapánaigh a Sheapánacha
Genitive Seapánaigh Seapánach
Dative Seapánach Seapánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Seapánach na Seapánaigh
Genitive an tSeapánaigh na Seapánach
Dative leis an Seapánach

don Seapánach

 leis na Seapánaigh

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

Further reading
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