maorach

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maerach (“shellfish”), murach (“shellfish; murex, purple-fish”), possibly from Latin mūrex (“purple-fish”).

Noun

maorach f (genitive singular maoraí)

  1. (edible part of) shellfish
Declension
Declension of maorach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative maorach
vocative a mhaorach
genitive maoraí
dative maorach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an mhaorach
genitive na maoraí
dative leis an maorach
don mhaorach

Adjective

maorach (genitive singular masculine maoraigh, genitive singular feminine maoraí, plural maoracha, not comparable)

  1. edible (of shellfish, algae)
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.

Etymology 2

From maor (“supervisor; prefect”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

maorach (genitive singular masculine maoraigh, genitive singular feminine maoraí, plural maoracha, not comparable)

  1. supervisory; prefectorial
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.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maerach (“shellfish”), murach (“shellfish; murex, purple-fish”), possibly from Latin mūrex (“purple-fish”).

Noun

maorach m (genitive singular maoraich, plural maoraich)

  1. shellfish

Usage notes

  • Can be used either as a singular or a collective noun.
  • The plural maoraich usually means "more than one species of shellfish" (similarly to e.g. English peoples).

Derived terms

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