maise

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, 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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative maise Vocative a mhaise Genitive maise Dative maise

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an mhaise Genitive na maise Dative leis an maise don mhaise

Derived terms

• dea-mhaise f (“beauty, grace; adornment”)
• do-mhaise f (“unsightliness, unseemliness”)
• maiseach, maisiúil (“decorative, beautiful; elegant; becoming, comely”)
• maiseog (girsí) f (“pretty little girl”)
• maisigh (“adorn, decorate, beautify, dress up; embellish; garnish; illuminate; illustrate”, verb)
• nóta maise m (“grace-note”)

 

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

Irish mutation
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

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• 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

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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

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

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
maise	mhaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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