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maise

maise

Irish

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

Noun

maise f

  1. genitive singular of mais

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

  1. beauty, grace, elegance, charm

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.