maorach

See also: Maorach

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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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. (of shellfish, algae) edible
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
Irish mutation
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.

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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