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)

  1. adornment, beauty
  2. becomingness, comeliness
  3. becoming state or act
  4. grace
  5. ornament
Declension
Derived terms

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

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

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
maisemhaise
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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.