maise
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”).
Noun[edit]
maise f (genitive singular maise)
- adornment, beauty
- becomingness, comeliness
- becoming state or act
- grace
- ornament
Declension[edit]
Declension of maise
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
maise f sg
Etymology 3[edit]
See muise.
Interjection[edit]
maise!
- Alternative form of muise
Mutation[edit]
Irish 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]
- Entries containing “maise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “maise” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”) (cognate to English measure, meet, mete, German mässig (“moderate”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
maise f
Derived terms[edit]
- nota-maise (“grace note”)
- maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
- maiseadail
- maise-ghnùise
Mutation[edit]
Scottish 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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