英和和英

別の表記

• ladischip, ladischipe, ladiship, ladishippe, ladyschip, ladyschipp, ladyship
• lafdischipe, lefdischipe (Early Middle English); leafdischipe (AB language)
• ladyschyp, ladyshyp (Late Middle English, West Midland)

語源

From lady (“noblewoman”) +‎ -schipe (“-ship”), presumably on the model of lordschipe. First attested in c. 1225.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlaːdiːˌʃip(ə)/, /ˈladiːˌʃip(ə)/

名詞

ladyschipe

1. The honour, position, or status of a noblewoman.
2. A noblewoman (usually as a term of address)
3. A benevolent or charitable act by a noblewoman.
4. The control exercised by a female personification.

派生した語

• English: ladyship
• Middle Scots: ladyschip

参照

• “lādīship(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “ladyship, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.