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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin *maester, from Latin magister. Doublet of магі́стр (mahístr, “possessor of master's degree”) and мі́стер (míster, “mister (term of address in English-speaking countries)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́йстер • (májster) m pers (genitive ма́йстра, nominative plural ма́йстри, genitive plural ма́йстрів, female equivalent майстри́ня)
- expert, master, professional, specialist
- Synonym: фахіве́ць (faxivécʹ)
- foreman, overseer (leader of a work crew)
- master (a skilled artist)
- (colloqiual) carpenter
- (computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)
- Synonym: ві́зард (vízard)
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Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ма́йстер”, in Словарь украинского языка (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “майстер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “майстер”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “майстер”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)