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

Related terms

• 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, 2013-2024