maistín

• maisdín (obsolete)

From Old French mastin, from Vulgar Latin *mānsuētīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠaʃˈtʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠaʃtʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠæʃtʲinʲ/

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1. mastiff
2. ferocious-looking dog
3. tyke (mongrel dog)
4. mean person, specifically:
   1. bully

      Synonym: bulaí

   2. (in full, maistín fir) cur (detestable man)
   3. (in full, maistín mná) virago (rough woman)

• maistíneacht f (“rudeness; bullying”)
• maistín lathaí (“guttersnipe”)

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• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “31433”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “maistín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 460
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “maistín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76