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maise
maise
Irish
Noun
maise f (genitive singular maise)
- adornment, beauty
- becomingness, comeliness
- becoming state or act
- grace
- ornament
Declension
Declension of maise
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from maise
Etymology 2
Noun
maise f
- genitive singular of mais
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| maise | mhaise | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "maise" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “maise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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
Derived terms
- nota-maise (“grace note”)
- maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
- maiseadail
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “maise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.