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
Positive singular plural
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
singular plural
nominative Maorach Maoraigh
vocative a Mhaoraigh a Mhaoracha
genitive Maoraigh Maorach
dative Maorach Maoraigh
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of Maorach
radical lenition eclipsis
Maorach Mhaorach 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

  • “Maorach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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