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
Positive singular plural
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
singular plural
nominative Seapánach Seapánaigh
vocative a Sheapánaigh a Sheapánacha
genitive Seapánaigh Seapánach
dative Seapánach Seapánaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Seapánach na Seapánaigh
genitive an tSeapánaigh na Seapánach
dative leis an Seapánach
don Seapánach 		leis na Seapánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Seapánach
radical lenition eclipsis
Seapánach Sheapánach
after an, tSeapánach 		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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