Probably a Celtic loan, compare Irish maith, Welsh and Breton mad, from Proto-Celtic *matis.[1]
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maite (comparative maiteago, superlative maiteen, excessive maiteegi)
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In the second sense, it is only found as the first component of compound words.
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | maite | maitea | maiteak |
ergative | maitek | maiteak | maiteek |
dative | maiteri | maiteari | maiteei |
genitive | maiteren | maitearen | maiteen |
comitative | maiterekin | maitearekin | maiteekin |
causative | maiterengatik | maitearengatik | maiteengatik |
benefactive | maiterentzat | maitearentzat | maiteentzat |
instrumental | maitez | maiteaz | maiteez |
inessive | maiterengan | maitearengan | maiteengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | maiterengana | maitearengana | maiteengana |
terminative | maiterenganaino | maitearenganaino | maiteenganaino |
directive | maiterenganantz | maitearenganantz | maiteenganantz |
destinative | maiterenganako | maitearenganako | maiteenganako |
ablative | maiterengandik | maitearengandik | maiteengandik |
partitive | maiterik | — | — |
prolative | maitetzat | — | — |
Possibly maittaa + -e. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot for Flora Fennica (1860).
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Inflection of maite (Kotus type 48*C/hame, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | maite | maitteet | |
genitive | maitteen | maitteiden maitteitten | |
partitive | maitetta | maitteita | |
illative | maitteeseen | maitteisiin maitteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | maite | maitteet | |
accusative | nom. | maite | maitteet |
gen. | maitteen | ||
genitive | maitteen | maitteiden maitteitten | |
partitive | maitetta | maitteita | |
inessive | maitteessa | maitteissa | |
elative | maitteesta | maitteista | |
illative | maitteeseen | maitteisiin maitteihin | |
adessive | maitteella | maitteilla | |
ablative | maitteelta | maitteilta | |
allative | maitteelle | maitteille | |
essive | maitteena | maitteina | |
translative | maitteeksi | maitteiksi | |
abessive | maitteetta | maitteitta | |
instructive | — | maittein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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maite | mhaite | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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From French maître (“master”).
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