mesc
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English
Etymology
Noun
mesc (uncountable)
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Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مِسْك, from Arabic مِسْك (misk), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mesc m (uncountable)
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Related terms
Further reading
- “mesc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *miskos, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-ós, from *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
mesc
Inflection
o/ā-stem | |||
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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 | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Synonyms
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Descendants
Verb
mesc
·mesc
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
mesc also mmesc after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
mesc 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
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