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Maorach
Maorach
Irish
Adjective
Maorach
- Maori (ethnicity, culture)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Maorach | Maorach¹ | Maoracha³ | |
| Vocative | Maoraigh¹ | Maorach¹ | Maoracha | |
| Genitive | Maoraigh¹ | Maoraí (obsolete) Maoraighe |
Maoracha | Maorach |
| Dative | Maorach² | Maorach¹ (archaic) Maoraigh¹ |
Maoracha³ | |
| Comparative | Maoraí (obsolete) Maoraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
Maorach m (genitive singular Maoraigh, nominative plural Maoraigh)
- Maori person
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Maorach | Mhaorach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
maorach
maorach
Irish
Noun
maorach f (genitive singular maoraí)
- (edible part of) shellfish
Declension
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Adjective
maorach
- (of shellfish, algae) edible
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maorach | maorach¹ | maoracha³ | |
| Vocative | maoraigh¹ | maorach¹ | maoracha | |
| Genitive | maoraigh¹ | maoraí (obsolete) maoraighe |
maoracha | maorach |
| Dative | maorach² | maorach¹ (archaic) maoraigh¹ |
maoracha³ | |
| Comparative | maoraí (obsolete) maoraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2
maor (“supervisor; prefect”) + -ach
Adjective
maorach
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | maorach | maorach¹ | maoracha³ | |
| Vocative | maoraigh¹ | maorach¹ | maoracha | |
| Genitive | maoraigh¹ | maoraí (obsolete) maoraighe |
maoracha | maorach |
| Dative | maorach² | maorach¹ (archaic) maoraigh¹ |
maoracha³ | |
| Comparative | maoraí (obsolete) maoraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maorach | mhaorach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish maerach (“shellfish”), murach (“shellfish; murex, purple-fish”), possibly from Latin mūrex (“purple-fish”).
Noun
maorach m (genitive singular maoraich, plural maoraich)
Usage notes
- Can be used either as a singular or a collective noun.
- The plural maoraich usually means "more than one species of shellfish" (similarly to e.g. English peoples).