maise
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmˠaʃə/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”).
Noun
maise f (genitive singular maise)
- adornment, beauty
- becomingness, comeliness
- becoming state or act
- grace
- ornament
Declension
Declension of maise
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- dea-mhaise
- do-mhaise
- faoi mhaise
- maiseach
- maiseog
- maisigh
- maisiúil
- nóta maise
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
maise f sg
- genitive singular of mais
Etymology 3
See muise.
Interjection
maise!
- 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
- 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
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
- beauty, grace, elegance, charm
Derived terms
- nota-maise (“grace note”)
- maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
- maiseadail
- maise-ghnùise
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], 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