maav.int.

Brit.

/mɑː(h)/,

/maː(h)/,

/mɛː(h)/, U.S.

/mɑ(h)/,

/mæ(h)/,

/mɛ(h)/

Forms: 1800s– maa, 1900s– mah; Scottish 1700s may, 1700s–1800s mae, 1800s maie, 1800s mey, 1800s– maa; also Irish English (northern) 1800s– may. Forms with a occurring three or more times are also occasionally attested.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare mae n., mehh int., and baa v. Surv. Eng. Dial. records forms with /ɑː/ from Berkshire. Compare note at mehh int.

A. v.

intransitive. Of a sheep or lamb: to utter its distinctive cry; to bleat. Also of a goat. Of a person: to make a noise in imitation of the sound made by a sheep or a goat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound

bleatOE

blea1568

baa1593

whicker1808

maa1827

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound

bleatOE

muttera1325

blea1568

rattle1575

rottle1688

rat1713

whicker1753

maa1827

1728 A. Ramsay Robert Richy & Sandy 124 While ewes shall bleat, and little lambkins mae.

1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 149 By ran a black tip maying, Whilk did her fright.

1804 W. Tarras Poems 127 An' whare the wanton lammies mae, An' hillock scours.

1827 G. Darley Sylvia ii. i. 34 It will make me ma-a like a he-goat on a rock-top when he misses the beard of his charmer.

c1880 W. G. Lyttle Paddy McQuillan 16 Whuniver yin o' the fellas met me he wud begin mayin' like a goat.

1886 J. Stewart Twa Elders 147 The boys would maa and bleat.

1942 C. Johnson Let. 21 June in K. Fleming Celia Johnson (1991) xv. 106 This mightily disturbed the sheep in the field and they baaed and maaed at each other without stopping.

2008 S. M. Arruda Serpent's Daughter xiii. 75 The goat maaed and stretched its neck for her collar.

B. int.

Representing the sound of bleating. Cf. mae n.

ΚΠ

1900 S. Reid Josey & Chipmunk II. iii. 179 Some lamb kept crying ‘Maa! maa! maa! maa! maa!’ as if in great fear and pain.

1919 J. Joyce Ulysses viii. [Lestrygonians] in Little Rev. Jan. 38 All are washed in the blood of the lamb, bawling maaaaaa.

1940 N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) xvii. 268 ‘M-a-a-ah,’ said Rattisbon with a formidable and sheep-like cry.

1995 J. J. Ellison Shepherdess 127 ‘Maaa,’ Nutmeg bleated. ‘Baa,’ Walnut responded.

Derivatives

ˈmaaing n. and adj. (a) n. the action or an instance of bleating; (b) adj. that bleats.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > sound made by

bleatinga1398

bleat1600

maaing1826

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habits or actions > sound made by

bleatinga1398

blayinga1586

baa1589

bleat1600

maaing1826

baaing1832

1826 ‘G. Penseval’ Labours Idleness 198 The shouting, squalling, grunting, gabbling, whinnying, boo-ing, mewing, maa-ing, and barking, of the several apparitions.

1894 J. Jacobs More Celtic Fairy Tales xxviii. 15 He cocked his ears, and the next thing he heard was the maaing of a sheep.

1928 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 324/1 Poor old goat!.. His caperings were fantastic, his maaings continuous.

1940 Arizona: State Guide (Federal Writers' Project) 195 A brown child chasing a maaing white goat over a mesquite-covered hilltop.

2003 K. MacAlister Men in Kilts xxi. 313 I paused another moment, listening to the distant maaing of the sheep as they grazed

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maa
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maav.int.

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