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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”).
Noun
maise f (genitive singular maise)
- adornment, beauty
- becomingness, comeliness
- becoming state or act
- grace
- ornament
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
maise f sg
- genitive singular of mais
Etymology 3
See muise.
Interjection
maise!
- Alternative form of muise
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| maise
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mhaise
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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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Further reading
- Entries containing “maise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “maise” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
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
Noun
maise f
- beauty, grace, elegance, charm
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| maise |
mhaise
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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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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