Bolaiv

Irish

Alternative forms

• An Bholaive

Etymology

From Spanish Bolivia.

Proper noun

An Bholaiv f (genitive na Bolaive)

1. Bolivia (a country in South America; official name: Stát Ilnáisiúnach na Bolaive)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Bolaive

Declension

Declension of Bolaiv (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Bolaiv vocative a Bholaiv genitive Bolaive dative Bolaiv forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bholaiv genitive na Bolaive dative leis an mBolaiv don Bholaiv

Derived terms

• Bolavach (“Bolivian”, adjective)
• Bolavach m (“Bolivian”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bolaiv

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bolaiv	Bholaiv	mBolaiv

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

Further reading

• “Bolivia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bolaiv”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm