mesc
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mesc (uncountable)
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مِسْك, from Arabic مِسْك (misk), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mesc m (uncountable)
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mesc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *miskos, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-ós, from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mesc
Inflection
[edit]| 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 | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]Verb
[edit]mesc
Verb
[edit]·mesc
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mesc also mmesc after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
mesc pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mesc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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