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• mas.
  mas.

  abbreviation

  masculine.
• mas
  mas

  noun

  a carnival
• -mas
  -mas

  combining form

  indicating a Christian festival

mas.

American  

abbreviation

1. masculine.

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mas ¹ British  

/ mɑːs /

noun

1. a carnival

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

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-mas ² British  

combining form

1. indicating a Christian festival

   Christmas

   Michaelmas

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Etymology

Origin of mas¹

C20: from _masquerade

Origin of -mas²

from _Mass

Example Sentences

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

Thus, when I say, The man who writes, who is mas. gend. and sing.; but when I say, The ladies who write, who is feminine, and plural.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Nom. sing. of the mas. noun saighdear, a soldier, in the aspirated form, because preceded by the Adj. deadh.

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

Gen. sing. of the Noun mas. feum, necessity, exigency; governed in the Gen. by the Noun uchd.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander