Iúgslavach

Irish

Etymology

From An Iúgslaiv (“Yugoslavia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Iúgslavach (genitive singular masculine Iúgslavaigh, genitive singular feminine Iúgslavaí, plural Iúgslavacha, not comparable)

1. Yugoslav, Yugoslavian

Declension

Declension of Iúgslavach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Iúgslavach	Iúgslavach	Iúgslavacha
vocative	Iúgslavaigh		Iúgslavacha
genitive		Iúgslavaí	Iúgslavacha	Iúgslavach
dative	Iúgslavach	Iúgslavach; Iúgslavaigh (archaic)	Iúgslavacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

Iúgslavach m (genitive singular Iúgslavaigh, nominative plural Iúgslavaigh)

1. Yugoslav, Yugoslavian

Declension

Declension of Iúgslavach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Iúgslavach Iúgslavaigh vocative a Iúgslavaigh a Iúgslavacha genitive Iúgslavaigh Iúgslavach dative Iúgslavach Iúgslavaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tIúgslavach na hIúgslavaigh genitive an Iúgslavaigh na nIúgslavach dative leis an Iúgslavach don Iúgslavach leis na hIúgslavaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Iúgslavach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Iúgslavach	nIúgslavach	hIúgslavach	tIúgslavach

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) “Iúgslavach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Iúgslavach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Iúgslavach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024