maistín

See also: maistin

Irish

Alternative forms

• maisdín (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mānsuētīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠaʃˈtʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaʃtʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠæʃtʲinʲ/

Noun

maistín m (genitive singular maistín, nominative plural maistíní)

1. mastiff
2. ferocious-looking dog
3. tyke (mongrel dog)
4. mean person, specifically:
   1. bully

      Synonym: bulaí

   2. (in full, maistín fir) cur (detestable man)
   3. (in full, maistín mná) virago (rough woman)

Declension

Declension of maistín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative maistín maistíní Vocative a mhaistín a mhaistíní Genitive maistín maistíní Dative maistín maistíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhaistín na maistíní Genitive na maistín na maistíní Dative leis an maistín don mhaistín leis na maistíní

Derived terms

• maistíneacht f (“rudeness; bullying”)
• maistín lathaí (“guttersnipe”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “maistín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), chapter 31433, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “maistín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 460
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maistín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76