maisigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From maise (adornment, beauty; becomingness, comeliness; becoming state or act) + -igh.

Verb

maisigh (present analytic maisíonn, future analytic maiseoidh, verbal noun maisiú, past participle maisithe)

  1. (transitive) adorn, decorate, beautify, dress up
  2. (transitive) embellish
    Synonyms: breáthaigh, ornáidigh, sciamhaigh
  3. (transitive) garnish
    Synonym: gairnisigh
  4. (transitive) illuminate (manuscript)
  5. (transitive) illustrate (book)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • athmhaisigh (redecorate, verb)
  • maisitheach (beautifying; cosmetic, adjective)
  • maisitheoir m (beautifier, decorator)
  • maisiú m (adornment, decoration, ornamentation)
  • maiseach, maisiúil (decorative, beautiful; elegant; becoming, comely, adjective)
  • maisiúchán m (adornment, decoration, ornamentation; toilet)
  • maisiúlacht f (decorativeness, beauty; becomingness, comeliness)

Etymology 2

Adjective

maisigh

  1. inflection of maiseach:
    1. genitive and vocative singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation

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

References

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