Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Slavais f (genitive Slavaise)

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

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Slavais Shlavais
after an, tSlavais
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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