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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Maorais
vocative a Mhaorais
genitive Maoraise
dative Maorais
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Mhaorais
genitive na Maoraise
dative leis an Maorais
don Mhaorais

Mutation

Mutated forms of Maorais
radical lenition eclipsis
Maorais Mhaorais 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

  • Maorais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025