different between maids vs maide

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?dz/
• Rhymes: -e?dz

Noun

maids

1. plural of maid

Anagrams

• Midas, diams

English

Noun

maide (plural maides)

1. Obsolete spelling of maid

Anagrams

• Maedi, Media, aimed, amide, media

Estonian

Noun

maide

1. genitive plural of mai

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish maide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ad??/

Noun

maide m (genitive singular maide, nominative plural maidí)

1. stick
2. peg
3. baton
4. (nautical) rib, timber
5. (golf) club

Declension

Synonyms

• (stick):, slat
• (peg): tairne, pionna, bacán
• (stick, baton): bata
• (rib, timber): easna

Derived terms

• (golf): maide gainimh (“sand wedge”), maide mór (“driver”)
• slis den seanmhaide (“chip off the old block”)

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

Noun

maide m

1. stick

Descendants

• Irish: maide
• Manx: maidjey
• Scottish Gaelic: maide

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish maide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat??/

Noun

maide m (genitive singular maide, plural maidean or maideachan)

1. wood, timber
2. stick
3. staff, cudgel

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “maide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “maide” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.