sáinn

Icelandic

Noun

sáinn m

definite accusative singular of sár

Irish

Alternative forms

sáinne

Etymology

Noun

sáinn f (genitive singular sáinne, nominative plural sáinneacha)

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

sáinn bháis (“death-trap”)
sáinn dhúbailte (“double check”)
sáinn eangach (“pound net”)
sáinnigh (“corner, trap, put in a fix; check”)

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.

Further reading

"sáinn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “sáinn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “sáinn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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