measc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mescaid (“to mix”, verb) (compare Scottish Gaelic measg), from Proto-Celtic *miskati, from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲasˠk/

Verb

measc (present analytic meascann, future analytic meascfaidh, verbal noun meascadh, past participle measctha)

1. (ambitransitive) to mix, blend, mix up
2. (ambitransitive, cooking) to stir; mash

Conjugation

Conjugation of measc (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	meascaim	meascann tú; meascair†	meascann sé, sí	meascaimid; meascann muid	meascann sibh	meascann siad; meascaid†	a mheascann; a mheascas	measctar
past	mheasc mé; mheascas	mheasc tú; mheascais	mheasc sé, sí	mheascamar; mheasc muid	mheasc sibh; mheascabhair	mheasc siad; mheascadar	a mheasc	meascadh
past habitual	mheascainn / meascainn‡	mheasctá / measctá‡	mheascadh sé, sí / meascadh sé, sí‡	mheascaimis; mheascadh muid / meascaimis‡; meascadh muid‡	mheascadh sibh / meascadh sibh‡	mheascaidís; mheascadh siad / meascaidís‡; meascadh siad‡	a mheascadh	mheasctaí / measctaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	meascfaidh mé; meascfad	meascfaidh tú; meascfair†	meascfaidh sé, sí	meascfaimid; meascfaidh muid	meascfaidh sibh	meascfaidh siad; meascfaid†	a mheascfaidh; a mheascfas	meascfar
conditional	mheascfainn / meascfainn‡	mheascfá / meascfá‡	mheascfadh sé, sí / meascfadh sé, sí‡	mheascfaimis; mheascfadh muid / meascfaimis‡; meascfadh muid‡	mheascfadh sibh / meascfadh sibh‡	mheascfaidís; mheascfadh siad / meascfaidís‡; meascfadh siad‡	a mheascfadh	mheascfaí / meascfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go measca mé; go meascad†	go measca tú; go meascair†	go measca sé, sí	go meascaimid; go measca muid	go measca sibh	go measca siad; go meascaid†	—	go measctar
past	dá meascainn	dá measctá	dá meascadh sé, sí	dá meascaimis; dá meascadh muid	dá meascadh sibh	dá meascaidís; dá meascadh siad	—	dá measctaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	meascaim	measc	meascadh sé, sí	meascaimis	meascaigí; meascaidh†	meascaidís	—	measctar
past participle	measctha
verbal noun	meascadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Noun

measc m (genitive singular measc)

1. (literary) jumble, confusion

Declension

Declension of measc (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative measc vocative a mheasc genitive measc dative measc forms with the definite article singular nominative an measc genitive an mheasc dative leis an measc don mheasc

Derived terms

• as measc (“from the midst of, from among”)
• i measc (“in the midst of, among”)
• measc ar mheasc (“mingled together”)
• meascán (“mass, lump”)
• meascra (“medley”)
• meascthóir (“mixer”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Yola: measkeen

Mutation

Mutated forms of measc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
measc	mheasc	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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “measc; meascaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 730; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “measc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “measc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “measc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026