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)

1. (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

Mutated forms of maitrís

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maitrís	mhaitrís	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maitrís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “matrix”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maitrís”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm