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)

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

Declension

Declension of Slavais

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	Slavais
Vocative	a Shlavais
Genitive	Slavaise
Dative	Slavais

Forms with the definite article

Case	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

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.