Marsach

Irish

Etymology

From Mars +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Marsach (genitive singular masculine Marsaigh, genitive singular feminine Marsaí, plural Marsacha, not comparable)

1. Martian

Declension

Declension of Marsach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Marsach	Marsach	Marsacha
vocative	Marsaigh		Marsacha
genitive		Marsaí	Marsacha	Marsach
dative	Marsach	Marsach; Marsaigh (archaic)	Marsacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

Marsach m (genitive singular Marsaigh, nominative plural Marsaigh)

1. (science fiction) Martian

Declension

Declension of Marsach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Marsach Marsaigh vocative a Mharsaigh a Mharsacha genitive Marsaigh Marsach dative Marsach Marsaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Marsach na Marsaigh genitive an Mharsaigh na Marsach dative leis an Marsach don Mharsach leis na Marsaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Marsach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Marsach	Mharsach	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

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