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).

Noun

útóipe f (genitive singular útóipe)

  1. utopia

Declension
Declension of útóipe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative útóipe
Vocative a útóipe
Genitive útóipe
Dative útóipe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an útóipe
Genitive na hútóipe
Dative leis an útóipe

don útóipe

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “útóipe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “utopia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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