From Old Irish maerach (“shellfish”), murach (“shellfish; murex, purple-fish”), possibly from Latin mūrex (“purple-fish”).
maorach f (genitive singular maoraí)
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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maorach (genitive singular masculine maoraigh, genitive singular feminine maoraí, plural maoracha, not comparable)
| 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.
From maor (“supervisor; prefect”) + -ach.
maorach (genitive singular masculine maoraigh, genitive singular feminine maoraí, plural maoracha, not comparable)
| 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.
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maorach | mhaorach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Old Irish maerach (“shellfish”), murach (“shellfish; murex, purple-fish”), possibly from Latin mūrex (“purple-fish”).
maorach m (genitive singular maoraich, plural maoraich)