máistreás

== Irish == === Alternative forms === máighistreás (superseded) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maistresse. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɑːʃˈtʲɾʲɑːsˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɑːʃtʲəɾʲasˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠaːʃtʲɾʲasˠ/ === Noun === máistreás f (genitive singular máistreása, nominative plural máistreásaí) mistress (woman of authority; female teacher, governess) wife, missus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “máistreás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “máiġistreás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 458 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “máistreás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “máistreás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026