maise
Gaelic (Scots)
/ˈmaʃə/
noun
Definitions
- beauty, grace, elegance, charm
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish maisse (fineness, goodliness, comeliness).
Origin
Old Irish
maisse
Gloss
fineness, goodliness, comeliness
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biomeasure English
- commeasure English
- countermeasure English
- hypermeasure English
- immeasurate English
- measurable English
- measurage English
- measure English
- measureless English
- measurement English
- measurer English
- measurest English
- measureth English
- mismeasure English
- outmeasure English
- overmeasure English
- premeasure English
- pseudomeasure English
- quasimeasure English
- remeasure English
- semimeasure English
- supermeasure English
- undermeasure English
- メジャー Japanese
- mesure Middle English
- maise Irish
- mesur Welsh
- maisech Old Irish
- maisse Old Irish
- mass Old Irish
- maiseach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mì-mhaise Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mì-mhaiseach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mì-mhaiseil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic