Maorach

See also: maorach

Irish

Etymology

From Maori Māori, māori (literally “aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”) (+ -ach).

Adjective

Maorach (genitive singular masculine Maoraigh, genitive singular feminine Maoraí, plural Maoracha, not comparable)

  1. Maori (ethnicity, culture)

Declension
Declension of Maorach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Maorach Mhaorach Maoracha;
Mhaoracha²
Vocative Mhaoraigh Maoracha
Genitive Maoraí Maoracha Maorach
Dative Maorach;
Mhaorach¹		 Mhaorach;
Mhaoraigh (archaic)		 Maoracha;
Mhaoracha²
Comparative níos Maoraí
Superlative is Maoraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Maorach m (genitive singular Maoraigh, nominative plural Maoraigh)

  1. a Maori person

Declension
Declension of Maorach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Maorach Maoraigh
Vocative a Mhaoraigh a Mhaoracha
Genitive Maoraigh Maorach
Dative Maorach Maoraigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Maorach na Maoraigh
Genitive an Mhaoraigh na Maorach
Dative leis an Maorach

don Mhaorach

 leis na Maoraigh
  • Maorais f (“the Maori language”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Maorach Mhaorach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Entries containing “Maorach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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