Iúgslaiv

Irish

An Iúgslaiv

Alternative forms

• Iúgslaive

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, in turn from jugo (“south”) and slavija (“slavia, the land of the Slavs”). Literally, the land of the southern Slavs.

Proper noun

An Iúgslaiv f (genitive na hIúgslaive)

1. (historical) Yugoslavia

Declension

Declension of Iúgslaiv

Second declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Iúgslaiv Genitive na hIúgslaive Dative leis an Iúgslaiv don Iúgslaiv

Derived terms

• Iúgslavach (“Yugoslav, Yugoslavian”, adjective)
• Iúgslavach m (“Yugoslav, Yugoslavian”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iúgslaiv	nIúgslaiv	hIúgslaiv	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Yugoslavia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024