gúlag
Icelandic
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editgúlag 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
editdeclension of gúlag
Further reading
edit- “gúlag” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)