Seapáinis

Irish

Etymology

From an tSeapáin (“Japan”) +‎ -is (“-ish”).

Proper noun

Seapáinis f (genitive Seapáinise)

1. the Japanese language

Declension

Declension of Seapáinis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Seapáinis Vocative a Seapáinis Genitive Seapáinise Dative Seapáinis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Seapáinis Genitive na Seapáinise Dative leis an Seapáinis don Seapáinis

Related terms

• Seapánach (“Japanese”, adjective)
• Seapánach m (“a Japanese person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Seapáinis	Sheapáinis after an, tSeapáinis	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Seapáinis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Seapáinis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Seapáinis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024