Irish

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Etymology 1

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From maise (adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness; becoming state or act) +‎ -igh.

Verb

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maisigh (present analytic maisíonn, future analytic maiseoidh, verbal noun maisiú, past participle maisithe)

  1. (transitive) adorn, decorate, beautify, dress up
  2. (transitive) embellish
    Synonyms: breáthaigh, ornáidigh, sciamhaigh
  3. (transitive) garnish
    Synonym: gairnisigh
  4. (transitive) illuminate (manuscript)
  5. (transitive) illustrate (book)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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  • maiseach, maisiúil (decorative, beautiful; elegant; becoming, comely, adjective)
  • maisiúchán m (adornment, decoration, ornamentation; toilet)
  • maisiúlacht f (decorativeness, beauty; becomingness, comeliness)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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maisigh

  1. inflection of maiseach:
    1. genitive/vocative singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

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

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