From Old Irish maisech. By surface analysis, maise (“adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness”) + -ach.
maiseach (genitive singular masculine maisigh, genitive singular feminine maisí, plural maiseacha, comparative maisí)
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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
maiseach | mhaiseach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Old Irish maisech. By surface analysis, maise (“beauty, grace”) + -ach.
maiseach (genitive singular masculine maisich, genitive singular feminine maisiche, comparative maisiche)
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
radical | lenition |
---|---|
maiseach | mhaiseach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.