mescc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• mesc

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *miskos, from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (“to mix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲesk/

Adjective

mescc

1. drunk, intoxicated
2. mixed, confused

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mescc	mescc	mescc
Vocative	meisc* mescc**
Accusative	mescc	meisc
Genitive	meisc	meisce	meisc
Dative	mescc	meisc	mescc
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	meisc	mescca
Vocative	mesccu mescca†
Accusative	mesccu mescca†
Genitive	mescc
Dative	mesccaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Synonyms

• mesctha

Derived terms

• mescaid
• mescaigidir

Related terms

• mescae

Descendants

• Irish: measc
• Scottish Gaelic: measg

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mescc also mmescc after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mescc pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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