maisse
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- maise, masse
Etymology
From mass + -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmasʲe/
Noun
maisse f
- beauty
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c25
- Nipi cían a masse in choirp.
- The beauty of the body is not long-lasting.
- (literally, “Its beauty of the body…”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c25
Declension
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | maisseL | — | — |
| Vocative | maisseL | — | — |
| Accusative | maissiN | — | — |
| Genitive | maisse | — | — |
| Dative | maissiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: maise
- Scottish Gaelic: maise
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| maisse also mmaisse after a proclitic | maisse pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ | maisse also mmaisse after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “maise”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN