faoi mhaise

Irish

Alternative forms

• fá mhaise (Ulster)
• fé mhaise (Munster)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠiːˈwaʃə/

Adjective

faoi mhaise

1. happy, contented

   Synonym: faoi shéan

   Athbhliain/Nollaig faoi mhaise (dhuit/dhaoibh)! ― Happy new year!/Merry Christmas!

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 198:

     « Seadh, a chéile chneasta », ar sise, « ó tánn tú agam-sa ag baile anois, agus sinn fé mhaise agus ár leanbhín, beidh síothchán agus suaineas againn go deireadh ár laethe ».

     “Yes, dear husband”, she said, “since I have you at home now, and since we are happy and our baby [is too], we will have peace and tranquility to the end of our days.”

2. flourishing

Further reading

• “faoi mhaise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN