Maláiv

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

An Mhaláiv f (genitive na Maláive)

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Maláive

Declension

Declension of Maláiv

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Maláiv Vocative a Mhaláiv Genitive Maláive Dative Maláiv

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Mhaláiv Genitive na Maláive Dative leis an Maláiv don Mhaláiv

Derived terms

• Loch na Maláive (“Lake Malawi”)
• Malávach (“Malawian”, adjective)
• Malávach m (“a Malawian person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Maláiv	Mhaláiv	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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