masle

See also: maśle, mašle, and масле

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaslɛ/, [ˈmaslə]

Noun

masle

1. inflection of masło:
   1. locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Middle English

Noun

masle

1. Alternative form of male

Adjective

masle

1. Alternative form of male

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French masle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːlə/

Adjective

masle m or f (plural masles)

1. male

Coordinate terms

• femelle

Descendants

• French: mâle

Old French

Alternative forms

• maale, madle, marsle, mascle

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin masclus, contracted form of Latin masculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmas.lə/, (later) /ˈmaːlə/

Adjective

masle m (oblique and nominative feminine singular masle)

1. male

Declension

Declension of masle

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	masles	masle	masle
	Oblique	masle	masle	masle
Plural	Subject	masle	masles	masle
	Oblique	masles	masles	masle

Coordinate terms

• femele

Descendants

• Middle French: masle
  • French: mâle
• → Middle English: male, madle, mascle, mal, masle, maule, mawle
  • English: male
  • Scots: male

Noun

masle oblique singular, m (oblique plural masles, nominative singular masles, nominative plural masle)

1. male

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (mascle, supplement)