mór-ais

See also: morais and moráis

Irish

Etymology

From mór- +‎ ais.

Noun

mór-ais f (genitive singular mór-aise, nominative plural mór-aiseanna)

1. (geometry) major axis

Declension

Declension of mór-ais (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mór-ais mór-aiseanna vocative a mhór-ais a mhór-aiseanna genitive mór-aise mór-aiseanna dative mór-ais mór-aiseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mhór-ais na mór-aiseanna genitive na mór-aise na mór-aiseanna dative leis an mór-ais don mhór-ais leis na mór-aiseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of mór-ais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mór-ais	mhór-ais	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mór-ais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mór-ais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “mór-ais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024