medc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• medg

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲeðɡ/

Noun

medc m

1. whey

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	medc	—	—
vocative	midc	—	—
accusative	medcN	—	—
genitive	midcL	—	—
dative	medcL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: meadhg, meidhg, meug
• Scottish Gaelic: mèag, meòg, meug, (dialectal) meang
• Manx: meaig, meug

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “medc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language