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

Related terms

• Slavach (“Slavonic, Slavonian”, adjective)
• Slavach m (“Slav”)
• Slavónach (“Slavonic”, adjective)

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