Maorais

Irish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Maorais f (genitive Maoraise)

1. the Maori language

Declension

Declension of Maorais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Maorais vocative a Mhaorais genitive Maoraise dative Maorais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Mhaorais genitive na Maoraise dative leis an Maorais don Mhaorais

Related terms

• Maorach (“Maori”, adjective)
• Maorach m (“Maori”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Maorais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Maorais	Mhaorais	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

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