meshtey
Manx
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”), from Proto-Celtic *miskos (“mixed up, confused”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Irish meisce.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meshtey f (genitive singular meshtey, no plural)
- drunkenness, intoxication
- Synonym: meshtallys
Derived terms
[edit]- er meshtey (“drunk, intoxicated”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| meshtey | veshtey | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mescae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language