maisse
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
maisse
Etymology 2
Noun
maisse
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmasʲe/
Noun
maisse f
- beauty
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c25
- Nipi cían a masse in choirp.
- The beauty of the body is not long-lasting.
- (literally, “Its beauty of the body…”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28c25
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maisseL | — | — |
| vocative | maisseL | — | — |
| accusative | maissiN | — | — |
| genitive | maisse | — | — |
| dative | maissiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| maisse also mmaisse in h-prothesis environments |
maisse pronounced with /β̃-/ |
maisse also mmaisse |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language