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, no plural)

bare forms 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

• Iúgslavach (“Yugoslav, Yugoslavian”, adjective)
• Iúgslavach m (“Yugoslav, Yugoslavian”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iúgslaiv

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iúgslaiv	nIúgslaiv	hIúgslaiv	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

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