gúlag
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
gúlag n (genitive singular gúlags, nominative plural gúlög)
- (historical) gulag (Soviet labour camp)
- (historical) gulag (system of all Soviet prison and/or labor camps in use during the Stalinist period)
Declension edit
declension of gúlag
Further reading edit
- “gúlag” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)