máistreás

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maistresse.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɑːʃˈtʲɾʲɑːsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːʃtʲɾʲɑːsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠæːʃtʲɾʲæsˠ/

Noun

máistreás f (genitive singular máistreása, nominative plural máistreásaí)

  1. mistress (woman of authority; female teacher, governess)
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 198:
      Do chuireas le fán an tsaoghail mo mháighistir agus mo mháighistreás, agus níl fios agam an béo nó marbh iad.
      I have sent my master and my mistress wandering, and I don’t know if they’re dead or alive.
  2. wife, missus

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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