Inherited fromMiddle Frenchmaint, fromOld Frenchmaint,meint(“many”), fromFrankish*managiþu(“a large quantity, a great many”), fromProto-Germanic*managiþō(“large quantity, multitude”), fromProto-Indo-European*monegʰ-(“many”). Cognate withMiddle Dutchmenichte(“multitude, great number”),Middle High Germanmennichte(“quantity”),Old Englishmenigdu(“group of people”). More atmany.
Alternatively, the Old French could be fromGaulish*mantī, fromProto-Celtic*mantī(“quantity”) (compareWelshmaint,Old Irishméit), fromProto-Indo-European*mh₁-nt-, from*meh₁-(“to measure”).
maint m (femininemainte,masculine pluralmaints,feminine pluralmaintes)
maint
FromOld Frenchmaint.
maint m (feminine singularmainte,masculine pluralmaints,feminine pluralmaintes)
FromFrankish*menigda,*managda(“a large quantity, a great many”), fromProto-Germanic*managiþō(“large quantity, multitude”), fromProto-Indo-European*monegʰ-(“many”).
Alternatively fromGaulish*mantī, fromProto-Celtic*mantī(“quantity”) (compareWelshmaint,Old Irishméit), fromProto-Indo-European*mh₁-nt-, from*meh₁-(“to measure”).
maint (invariable)
maint m (oblique and nominative feminine singularmainte)
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | subject | mainz | mainte | maint |
| oblique | maint | mainte | maint | |
| plural | subject | maint | maintes | maint |
| oblique | mainz | maintes | maint |
FromMiddle Welshmaint, fromOld Welshmeint, fromProto-Brythonic*mėnt, fromProto-Brythonic*mėnt, fromProto-Celtic*mantī(“quantity”) (compareOld Irishméit,Irishméid), fromProto-Indo-European*mh₁-nt-, from*meh₁-(“to measure”).
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| maint | faint | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.