Sasannach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

(archaic) Sasgunnach

Etymology

From Middle Irish Saxanach, equivalent to Sasainn (“Saxon”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Irish Sasanach and Manx Sostynagh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈs̪as̪ən̪ˠəx/
Hyphenation: Sa‧san‧nach

Noun

Sasannach m (genitive singular Sasannaich, plural Sasannaich)

(sometimes derogatory) Englishman

Declension

Declension of *Sasannach* (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	Sasannach	Sasannaich
genitive	Sasannaich	Shasannach
dative	Sasannach	Sasannaich; Sasannachaibh^✝

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) Sasannach	(na) Sasannaich
genitive	(an) t-Sasannaich	(nan) Sasannach
dative	(an) t-Sasannach	(na) Sasannaich; Sasannachaibh^✝
vocative	Shasannaich	Shasannacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Adjective

Sasannach (genitive singular masculine Sasannaich, genitive singular feminine Sasannaiche or Sasannaich, nominative plural Sasannach)

(sometimes derogatory) English

Declension

Declension of *Sasannach* (type I adjective)
	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	Sasannach	Shasannach	Sasannach
genitive	Shasannaich	Sasannaiche, Sasannaich	Sasannach
dative	Sasannach	Shasannaich	Sasannach
vocative	Shasannaich	Shasannach	Sasannach

Derived terms

bana-Shasannach

Related terms

Sasainn

Descendants

→ English: sassenach, Sassenach, sasanach
→ Scots: sassenach, sassanoch, sassenagh, sasennach, sasunnach

Mutation

Mutation of *Sasannach*
radical	lenition
Sasannach	Shasannach after "an", t-Sasannach

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

References

Colin Mark (2003) “Sasannach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 502