maorlathach

Irish

Etymology

maor +‎ -lathach

Adjective

maorlathach (genitive singular masculine maorlathaigh, genitive singular feminine maorlathaí, plural maorlathacha, comparative maorlathaí)

1. bureaucratic

Declension

Declension of maorlathach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	maorlathach	mhaorlathach	maorlathacha; mhaorlathacha2
vocative	mhaorlathaigh		maorlathacha
genitive		maorlathaí	maorlathacha	maorlathach
dative	maorlathach; mhaorlathach1	mhaorlathach; mhaorlathaigh (archaic)	maorlathacha; mhaorlathacha2
Comparative	níos maorlathaí
Superlative	is maorlathaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

maorlathach m (genitive singular maorlathaigh, nominative plural maorlathaigh)

1. bureaucrat

Declension

Declension of maorlathach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative maorlathach maorlathaigh vocative a mhaorlathaigh a mhaorlathacha genitive maorlathaigh maorlathach dative maorlathach maorlathaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an maorlathach na maorlathaigh genitive an mhaorlathaigh na maorlathach dative leis an maorlathach don mhaorlathach leis na maorlathaigh

Synonyms

• maorlathaí

Related terms

• daonlathach
• féinlathach
• maorlathas

Mutation

Mutated forms of maorlathach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maorlathach	mhaorlathach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.