mas.

American

abbreviation

masculine.

mas ¹ British

/ mɑːs /

noun

a carnival
music played for a carnival, or a band playing this

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-mas ² British

combining form

indicating a Christian festival

Christmas
Michaelmas

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Etymology

Origin of mas¹

C20: from _masquerade

Origin of -mas²

from _Mass

Example Sentences

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Noun mas. breast, chest; hence it signifies an ascent, a steep; in the Dat. case, preceded by h, after the Prep. ri: ri h-uchd, in ascending, breasting, encountering, assailing.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

The First Comparative is formed from the gen. sing. mas. by adding e; as, geal white, g. s. m. gil, comp. gile, ghile; ciontach guilty, g. s. m. ciontaich, comp. ciontaiche.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

The other cases, both mas. and fem., are formed from the nominative, according to the rules already given for forming the cases of nouns of the first declension.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

Declined—third pers. mas. gend. sing. num. nom. he, poss. his, obj. him.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

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