Sasainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Saxain (“Saxons, England”), from Latin Saxōnes. Compare Irish Sasana and Manx Sostyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsasəɲ/

Proper noun

Sasainn f (genitive Shasainn)

  1. England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of Sasainn
radical lenition
Sasainn Shasainn
after "an", t-Sasainn

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

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