útóipe

Irish

Etymology

From Útóipe (proper noun), from New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Latin -ia/Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).

Noun

útóipe f (genitive singular útóipe)

1. utopia

Declension

Declension of útóipe (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative útóipe vocative a útóipe genitive útóipe dative útóipe forms with the definite article case singular nominative an útóipe genitive na hútóipe dative leis an útóipe don útóipe

Derived terms

• útóipeach (“utopian”, adjective)
• útóipí (“utopian”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of útóipe

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
útóipe	n-útóipe	hútóipe	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “útóipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “utopia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025