Saxa

See also: saxa and saxã

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Saxō, from West Proto-Germanic *sahsô (whence Old English Seaxan), probably originally a derivative of *sahsą (“knife”).

Noun

Saxa m (nominative plural Saxain)

  1. Saxon

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
SaxaṠaxaunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “Saxa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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