maistín

== 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) mastiff ferocious-looking dog tyke (mongrel dog) mean person, specifically: bully Synonym: bulaí (in full, maistín fir) cur (detestable man) (in full, maistín mná) virago (rough woman) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== maistíneacht f (“rudeness; bullying”) maistín lathaí (“guttersnipe”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “31433”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “maistín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 460 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “maistín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN