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

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, 2013–2025
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