Seapáin

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Japan, from Portuguese Japão or Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang / Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃapˠɑːnʲ]

Proper noun

An tSeapáin f (genitive na Seapáine)

  1. Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seapáin
radical lenition eclipsis
Seapáin Sheapáin
after an, tSeapáin 		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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