Maorais

Irish

Etymology

From Maori Māori, māori (literally “aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”) (+ -is).

Proper noun

Maorais f (genitive Maoraise)

1. the Maori language

Declension

Declension of Maorais

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Maorais Vocative a Mhaorais Genitive Maoraise Dative Maorais

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Mhaorais Genitive na Maoraise Dative leis an Maorais don Mhaorais

Related terms

• Maorach (“Maori”, adjective)
• Maorach m (“Maori”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Maorais	Mhaorais	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Maorais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024