maisse

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

maisse

  1. illative plural of maa

Etymology 2

Noun

maisse

  1. illative singular of mai

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mass +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmasʲe/

Noun

maisse f

  1. 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…”)

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
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

  • Irish: maise
  • Scottish Gaelic: maise

Mutation

Mutation of maisse
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.

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