Slavónach

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, adapted to the adjectival suffix -ach.

Adjective

Slavónach (genitive singular masculine Slavónaigh, genitive singular feminine Slavónaí, plural Slavónacha, not comparable)

1. Slavonic

Declension

Declension of Slavónach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Slavónach	Shlavónach	Slavónacha; Shlavónacha2
vocative	Shlavónaigh		Slavónacha
genitive		Slavónaí	Slavónacha	Slavónach
dative	Slavónach; Shlavónach1	Shlavónach; Shlavónaigh (archaic)	Slavónacha; Shlavónacha2
Comparative	níos Slavónaí
Superlative	is Slavónaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Slavach (“Slavonic, Slavonian”, adjective)
• Slavach m (“Slav”)
• Slavais f (“the Slavonic language”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Slavónach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Slavónach	Shlavónach after an, tSlavónach	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

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Slavónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm