Muiríseach

Irish

Etymology

From (Oileán) Mhuirís (“Mauritius”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Muiríseach (genitive singular masculine Muirísigh, genitive singular feminine Muirísí, plural Muiríseacha, not comparable)

1. Mauritian (of, from or relating to Mauritius)

Declension

Declension of Muiríseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Muiríseach	Muiríseach	Muiríseacha
vocative	Muirísigh		Muiríseacha
genitive		Muirísí	Muiríseacha	Muiríseach
dative	Muiríseach	Muiríseach; Muirísigh (archaic)	Muiríseacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

Muiríseach m (genitive singular Muirísigh, nominative plural Muirísigh)

1. Mauritian (native or inhabitant of Mauritius)

Declension

Declension of Muiríseach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Muiríseach Muirísigh vocative a Mhuirísigh a Mhuiríseacha genitive Muirísigh Muiríseach dative Muiríseach Muirísigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Muiríseach na Muirísigh genitive an Mhuirísigh na Muiríseach dative leis an Muiríseach don Mhuiríseach leis na Muirísigh

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Muiríseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Muiríseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Muiríseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024