maise

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaʃə/, /ˈmæʃə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness”), from mass (“goodly”).

Noun

maise f (genitive singular maise)

1. adornment, beauty
2. becomingness, comeliness
3. becoming state or act
4. grace
5. ornament

Declension

Declension of maise (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative maise vocative a mhaise genitive maise dative maise forms with the definite article singular nominative an mhaise genitive na maise dative leis an maise don mhaise

Derived terms

• dea-mhaise
• do-mhaise
• faoi mhaise
• maiseach
• maiseog
• maisigh
• maisiúil
• nóta maise

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

maise f sg

1. genitive singular of mais

Etymology 3

See muise.

Interjection

maise!

1. alternative form of muise

Mutation

Mutated forms of maise

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maise	mhaise	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 701; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”) (cognate to English measure, meet, mete, German mässig (“moderate”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃə/

Noun

maise f

1. beauty, grace, elegance, charm

Derived terms

• nota-maise (“grace note”)
• maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
• maiseadail
• maise-ghnùise

Mutation

Mutation of maise

radical	lenition
maise	mhaise

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “maise”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language