Slóivéin

Irish

Proper noun

An tSlóivéin f (genitive na Slóivéine)

1. Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe; official name: Poblacht na Slóivéine)

Declension

Declension of Slóivéin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Slóivéin vocative a Shlóivéin genitive Slóivéine dative Slóivéin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tSlóivéin genitive na Slóivéine dative leis an tSlóivéin don tSlóivéin

Derived terms

• Slóivéanach (“Slovene, Slovenian”, adjective)
• Slóivéanach m (“Slovene, Slovenian”)
• Slóivéinis f (“the Slovene language”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Slóivéin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Slóivéin	Shlóivéin after an, tSlóivéin	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

• “an tSlóivéin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024