maise
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”).
Noun
editmaise f (genitive singular maise)
- adornment, beauty
- becomingness, comeliness
- becoming state or act
- grace
- ornament
Declension
editDeclension of maise
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editmaise f sg
Etymology 3
editSee muise.
Interjection
editmaise!
- Alternative form of muise
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
maise | mhaise | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “maise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”) (cognate to English measure, meet, mete, German mässig (“moderate”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmaise f
Derived terms
edit- nota-maise (“grace note”)
- maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
- maiseadail
- maise-ghnùise
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
maise | mhaise |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- 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
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