maiseach

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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of maiseach
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.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʃʲax/

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
Vocative mhaisich mhaisich
Genitive mhaisich maisiche
Dative mhaisich

Comparative/superlative: maisiche

Mutation

Mutation of maiseach
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.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “maiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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