útóipe

Irish

Etymology

From Útóipe (proper noun), from New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Latin -ia/Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).

Noun

útóipe f (genitive singular útóipe)

  1. utopia

Declension

Declension of útóipe (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative útóipe
vocative a útóipe
genitive útóipe
dative útóipe
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an útóipe
genitive na hútóipe
dative leis an útóipe
don útóipe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of útóipe
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
útóipe n-útóipe hútóipe 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

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “útóipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “utopia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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