útóipe
Irish
Etymology
From Útóipe (proper noun), from New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + Latin -ia/Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).
Declension
Declension of útóipe
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| útóipe | n-útóipe | hútóipe | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "útóipe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “utopia” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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