arhipelag

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)

Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)

Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos)

Italian arcipelagoder.

Romanian arhipelag

Derived from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).

Noun

arhipelag n (plural arhipelaguri)

1. archipelago

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arhipelag	arhipelagul	arhipelaguri	arhipelagurile
genitive-dative	arhipelag	arhipelagului	arhipelaguri	arhipelagurilor
vocative	arhipelagule		arhipelagurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)

Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)

Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos)

Italian arcipelagoder.

Serbo-Croatian arhipelag

Derived from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arxipělaːɡ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧hi‧pe‧lag

Noun

arhipèlāg m inan (Cyrillic spelling архипѐла̄г)

1. archipelago

   Synonym: (Croatia) òtōčje

   Arhipelag Gulag ― The Gulag Archipelago

Declension

Declension of arhipelag

	singular	plural
nominative	arhipèlāg	arhipelázi
genitive	arhipelága	arhipelaga
dative	arhipelagu	arhipelazima
accusative	arhipelag	arhipelage
vocative	arhipelaže / arhipelagu	arhipelazi
locative	arhipelagu	arhipelazima
instrumental	arhipelagom	arhipelazima

Further reading

• “arhipelag”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026