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sáinn

sáinn

Icelandic

Noun

sáinn m

definite accusative singular form of sár

Irish

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 dhúbailte ‎(“double check”)
sáinn eangach ‎(“pound net”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sáinn	sháinn after an, tsáinn	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.