maiseach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish maisech. By surface analysis, maise (“adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

maiseach (genitive singular masculine maisigh, genitive singular feminine maisí, plural maiseacha, comparative maisí)

  1. Synonym of maisiúil (“decorative, beautiful; elegant; becoming, comely”)

Declension

Declension of maiseach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative maiseach mhaiseach maiseacha;
mhaiseacha²
Vocative mhaisigh maiseacha
Genitive maisí maiseacha maiseach
Dative maiseach;
mhaiseach¹ 		mhaiseach;
mhaisigh (archaic) 		maiseacha;
mhaiseacha²
Comparative níos maisí
Superlative is maisí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maiseach mhaiseach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish maisech. By surface analysis, maise (“beauty, grace”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

maiseach (genitive singular masculine maisich, genitive singular feminine maisiche, comparative maisiche)

  1. beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair, graceful
    "A rìbhinn maiseach Sgitheanach" ― "O fair maiden from Skye"
  2. modest
  3. of engaging manners
  4. ornamental
  5. having an imposing appearance

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative maiseach mhaiseach maiseach
Vocative mhaisich mhaisich maiseach
Genitive mhaisich maisiche maiseach
Dative mhaiseach mhaisich maiseach

Comparative/superlative: maisiche

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
maiseach mhaiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “maiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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