masse (pluralmasses)
Borrowed viaGermanMasse fromLatinmassa(“lump, bulk”), which is itself a loan fromAncient Greekμᾶζα(mâza,“barley bread”).
masse c (singular definitemassen,plural indefinitemasser)
| common gender | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | masse | massen | masser | masserne |
| genitive | masses | massens | massers | massernes |
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FromLatinmassa, fromAncient Greekμᾶζα(mâza,“bread”).
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
masse
Inherited fromOld Frenchmace, fromVulgar Latin*mattia,*mattea (compareOccitanmassa,Catalanmaça,Italianmazza,Spanishmaza,Portuguesemaça), probably derived fromLatinmateola(“hoe”).
masse
FromAnglo-Normanmasse, fromLatinmassa, fromAncient Greekμᾶζα(mâza).
masse (pluralmassez)
masse
masse
masse
masse
masse m (definite singularmassen,indefinite pluralmasser,definite pluralmassene)
masse m (definite singularmassen,indefinite pluralmassar,definite pluralmassane)
masse n
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| masse alsommassein h-prothesis environments | masse pronounced with/β̃-/ | masse alsommasse |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.