Slavais

Irish

Alternative forms

• Slaivis

Etymology

From English Slav (+ -is (“-ish”), from Middle English sclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus or Sclavus, from Ancient Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more.

Proper noun

Slavais f (genitive Slavaise)

1. Slavonic, the unrecorded ancient language ancestral to all the Slavic or Slavonic languages

Declension

Declension of Slavais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Slavais vocative a Shlavais genitive Slavaise dative Slavais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tSlavais genitive na Slavaise dative leis an tSlavais don tSlavais

Related terms

• Slavach (“Slavonic, Slavonian”, adjective)
• Slavach m (“Slav”)
• Slavónach (“Slavonic”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Slavais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Slavais	Shlavais after an, tSlavais	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

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