mesc
English
Etymology
Clipping of mescaline
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مِسْك, from Arabic مِسْك (misk), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “mesc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *miskos, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-ós, from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲesk]
Inflection
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | mesc | mesc | mesc |
| Vocative | meisc* mesc** | ||
| Accusative | mesc | meisc | |
| Genitive | meisc | meisce | meisc |
| Dative | mesc | meisc | mesc |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | meisc | mesca | |
| Vocative | mescu mesca† | ||
| Accusative | mescu mesca† | ||
| Genitive | mesc | ||
| Dative | mescaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
- mescaid
- mescaigidir
Related terms
Verb
mesc
- second-person singular imperative of mescaid
·mesc
- third-person singular preterite conjunctive of mescaid
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| mesc also mmesc after a proclitic |
mesc pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mesc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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