misg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”) or mescc (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meik-sko- (“mixed”), from *meik- (“to mix”).

Noun

misg f (genitive singular misge)

1. drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation

   Uair air mhisg is uair air uisge. ― One day drunk and one day drinking water. (literally "One time on drunkenness and one time on water.")

Synonyms

• daorach
• smùid

Derived terms

• air mhisg (“drunk”)
• fo-mhisg f (“tipsiness”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “misg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mescae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language