Bolaiv

Irish

Alternative forms

• An Bholaive

Etymology

From Spanish Bolivia.

Proper noun

An Bholaiv f (genitive na Bolaive)

1. Bolivia (a country in South America; official name: Stát Ilnáisiúnach na Bolaive)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Bolaive

Declension

Declension of Bolaiv

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Bolaiv Vocative a Bholaiv Genitive Bolaive Dative Bolaiv

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Bholaiv Genitive na Bolaive Dative leis an mBolaiv don Bholaiv

Derived terms

• Bolavach (“Bolivian”, adjective)
• Bolavach m (“Bolivian”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bolaiv	Bholaiv	mBolaiv
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Bolivia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bolaiv”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm