different between meas vs maas

English

Verb

meas

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of measures.
   • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics (page 106)

     When piece meas 2½" (6.5 cm) on RS, knit until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1.

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, Ames, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, mase, mesa, same, seam

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?as?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /m?æ?s?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-. Akin to meá.

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measanna)

1. verbal noun of meas
2. an opinion
3. an evaluation, judgment, guess, estimate
4. esteem, admiration, respect

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

meas (present analytic measann, future analytic measfaidh, verbal noun meas, past participle measta) (transitive, intransitive)

1. evaluate, consider, judge
2. estimate, guess, anticipate
3. esteem, admire

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mess (“tree-fruit”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (Welsh mes (“acorns”), Breton mez (“acorns”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?d-. Cognate with Old English mete (English meat); Latin made? (“I am wet”), Ancient Greek ?????? (mastós, “breast”).

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measa)

1. fruit

   Synonym: toradh

2. a nut

   Synonym: cnó

3. produce

   Synonym: toradh

Declension

Mutation

References

• "meas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “meas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “meas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me.a?s/, [?meä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.as/, [?m???s]

Pronoun

me?s

1. feminine accusative plural of meus

Verb

me?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of me?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mes/

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

1. respect

2. fruit

Derived terms

Verb

meas (past mheas, future measaidh, verbal noun measadh, past participle measte)

1. think, reckon, consider
2. respect, esteem
3. evaluate, assess

Derived terms

• measarrachd

References

• “meas” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?meas/, [?me.as]

Verb

meas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of mear.

English

Etymology 1

From Zulu.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäs, IPA^(key): /m??s/

Noun

maas (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) sour milk

Alternative forms

• amasi (South Africa)

Etymology 2

From the verb to maa.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mäz, IPA^(key): /m??z/

Verb

maas

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maa

Anagrams

• -sama, AAMS, AAMs, AMSA, Sama, aams, amas, masa

Estonian

Noun

maas

1. inessive singular of maa

Middle English

Noun

maas

1. Alternative form of mace (“mace”)

Tetum

Verb

maas

1. to yawn