maise

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish maisse (“goodliness, comeliness, fineness”), from mass (“fine, handsome, goodly”).

Noun

maise f (genitive singular maise)

  1. adornment, beauty
  2. becomingness, comeliness
  3. becoming state or act
  4. grace
  5. ornament
Declension
Declension of maise

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative maise
Vocative a mhaise
Genitive maise
Dative maise

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhaise
Genitive na maise
Dative leis an maise

don mhaise

Derived terms
  • dea-mhaise f (“beauty, grace; adornment”)
  • do-mhaise f (“unsightliness, unseemliness”)
  • maiseach, maisiúil (“decorative, beautiful; elegant; becoming, comely”)
  • maiseog (girsí) f (“pretty little girl”)
  • maisigh (“adorn, decorate, beautify, dress up; embellish; garnish; illuminate; illustrate”, verb)
  • nóta maise m (“grace-note”)

Etymology 2

Noun

maise f sg

  1. genitive singular of mais

Etymology 3

Interjection

maise!

  1. Alternative form of muise

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

Further reading
  • "maise" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “maise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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.

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaʃə/

Noun

maise f

  1. beauty, grace, elegance, charm

Derived terms
  • maiseach (“beautiful, lovely, handsome, fair”)
  • nota-maise (“grace note”)
  • maiseadail

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
maisemhaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “maise” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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