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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maistresse.
Pronunciation
Noun
máistreás f (genitive singular máistreása, nominative plural máistreásaí)
- mistress (woman of authority; female teacher, governess)
1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 198:Do chuireas le fán an tsaoghail mo mháighistir agus mo mháighistreás, agus níl fios agam an béo nó marbh iad.- I have sent my master and my mistress wandering, and I don’t know if they’re dead or alive.
- wife, missus
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| máistreás
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mháistreás
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “máistreás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “máiġistreás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 458
- Entries containing “máistreás” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “máistreás” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.