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

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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 by Foras na Gaeilge.
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