meascán

Irish

Etymology

From measc +‎ -án.

Noun

meascán m (genitive singular meascáin, nominative plural meascáin)

1. mass, lump
2. mixture; jumble, muddle

Declension

Declension of meascán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative meascán meascáin vocative a mheascáin a mheascána genitive meascáin meascán dative meascán meascáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an meascán na meascáin genitive an mheascáin na meascán dative leis an meascán don mheascán leis na meascáin

Descendants

• → Yola: muskawn

Mutation

Mutated forms of meascán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
meascán	mheascán	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) “meascán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN