mesc
English
Etymology
Clipping of mescaline
Noun
mesc (uncountable)
- (informal) The drug mescaline.
Anagrams
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مِسْك, from Arabic مِسْك (misk), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mesc m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “mesc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *miskos, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-ós, from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mʲesk]
Adjective
mesc
Inflection
| 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
Derived terms
- mescaid
- mescaigidir
Related terms
Descendants
Verb
mesc
- second-person singular imperative of mescaid
Verb
·mesc
- third-person singular preterite conjunctive of mescaid
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| mesc also mmesc in h-prothesis environments |
mesc pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/ |
mesc also mmesc |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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