maitrís

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French matrice (“pregnant animal”), from Latin mātrīx (“dam, womb”), from māter (“mother”).

Noun

maitrís f (genitive singular maitríse, nominative plural maitrísí)

(biology, mathematics) matrix

Declension

Declension of maitrís

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maitrís	maitrísí
Vocative	a mhaitrís	a mhaitrísí
Genitive	maitríse	maitrísí
Dative	maitrís	maitrísí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mhaitrís	na maitrísí
Genitive	na maitríse	na maitrísí
Dative	leis an maitrís don mhaitrís	leis na maitrísí

Derived terms

maitrís bheo (“active matrix”)
maitrís dhíorthach (“derivative matrix”)
maitrís mhódúil (“modal matrix”)
maitrís nialasach (“null matrix, zero matrix”)
maitrís thrasnánach (“diagonal matrix”)
sochmhaitrís (“sociomatrix”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maitrís	mhaitrís	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"maitrís" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“matrix” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Entries containing “maitrís” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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