gúlag

See also: gulag, gułag, Gulag, GULAG, and GUŁag

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG): Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps, Main Directorate for Places of Detention, Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏː.laːɣ/
• Rhymes: -aːɣ

Noun

gúlag n (genitive singular gúlags, nominative plural gúlög)

1. (historical) gulag (Soviet labour camp)
2. (historical) gulag (system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period)

Declension

Declension of gúlag (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gúlag	gúlagið	gúlög	gúlögin
accusative	gúlag	gúlagið	gúlög	gúlögin
dative	gúlagi	gúlaginu	gúlögum	gúlögunum
genitive	gúlags	gúlagsins	gúlaga	gúlaganna

Further reading

• “gúlag” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)