"maist" meaning in All languages combined

See maist on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} maist (not comparable)
  1. (Geordie) most Tags: Geordie, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-maist-en-adj-JOqRPv2i Categories (other): Geordie English

Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} maist (not comparable)
  1. (Geordie) most Tags: Geordie, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-maist-en-adv-JOqRPv2i Categories (other): Geordie English

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} maist
  1. Obsolete form of mayst. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: mayst
    Sense id: en-maist-en-verb-AAtpgzOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 0 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 8 89

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} maist
  1. elative plural of maa Tags: elative, form-of, plural Form of: maa
    Sense id: en-maist-et-noun-CeDj7R50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Estonian]

Head templates: {{head|et|noun form}} maist
  1. elative singular of mai Tags: elative, form-of, singular Form of: mai
    Sense id: en-maist-et-noun-eDUCK~UE Categories (other): Estonian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Estonian entries with incorrect language header: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Gothic]

Head templates: {{head|got|romanization|head=}} maist, {{got-rom}} maist
  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 Tags: alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄
    Sense id: en-maist-got-romanization-SGfGlUiQ Categories (other): Gothic entries with incorrect language header, Gothic romanizations

Adverb [Proto-Germanic]

IPA: /mɑi̯st/ Forms: maistaz [adjective], maiz [comparative]
  1. (the) most, to the greatest degree Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-maist-gem-pro-adv-hfAgMYCK Categories (other): Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Derived forms: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 (maist) [Gothic] Derived forms (Middle Dutch: meest): meest [Dutch] Derived forms (Middle English: most, moste): most [English] Derived forms (Old Frisian: māst; West Frisian): meast Derived forms (Old High German: meist): meist [German] Derived forms (Old Norse: mest): mest [Faroese] Derived forms (Old Norse: mest; Danish): mest Derived forms (Old Norse: mest; Icelandic): mest Derived forms (Old Norse: mest; Norwegian): mest Derived forms (Old Saxon): mēst Derived forms (Old Swedish: mæst; Swedish): mest

Adjective [Scots]

IPA: [mest], [mɛst]
Etymology: From Old English mǣst (“most”). More at most. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|ang|mǣst||most}} Old English mǣst (“most”) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|not comparable|cat2=uncomparable adjectives}} maist (not comparable), {{sco-adj|-}} maist (not comparable)
  1. most, chief, principal, most powerful Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: maistlins (english: almost, well nigh; for the most part, mostly), maistly (english: mostly, almost, nearly; most of all, especially), tae the maist pairt (english: for the most part)
    Sense id: en-maist-sco-adj-yL~Br9OA Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(the) most, to the greatest degree"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɑi̯st/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maist"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "almost, well nigh; for the most part, mostly",
      "word": "maistlins"
    },
    {
      "english": "mostly, almost, nearly; most of all, especially",
      "word": "maistly"
    },
    {
      "english": "for the most part",
      "word": "tae the maist pairt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mǣst",
        "4": "",
        "5": "most"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mǣst (“most”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English mǣst (“most”). More at most.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "not comparable",
        "cat2": "uncomparable adjectives"
      },
      "expansion": "maist (not comparable)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "maist (not comparable)",
      "name": "sco-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scots adjectives",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots terms derived from Old English",
        "Scots terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Scots uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "most, chief, principal, most powerful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "principal",
          "principal"
        ],
        [
          "powerful",
          "powerful"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mest]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛst]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maist"
}

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