maistín

See also: maistin

Irish

Alternative forms
  • maisdín (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mānsuētīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠaʃˈtʲiːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaʃtʲiːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠæʃtʲinʲ/

Noun

maistín m (genitive singular maistín, nominative plural maistíní)

  1. mastiff
  2. ferocious-looking dog
  3. tyke (mongrel dog)
  4. mean person, specifically:
    1. bully
      Synonym: bulaí
    2. (in full, maistín fir) cur (detestable man)
    3. (in full, maistín mná) virago (rough woman)

Declension
Declension of maistín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maistín maistíní
Vocative a mhaistín a mhaistíní
Genitive maistín maistíní
Dative maistín maistíní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mhaistín na maistíní
Genitive na maistín na maistíní
Dative leis an maistín

don mhaistín

 leis na maistíní

Derived terms
  • maistíneacht f (“rudeness; bullying”)
  • maistín lathaí (“guttersnipe”)

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

Further reading
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