mescae

Old Irish

Etymology

From mesc +‎ -e.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲeskɘ]

Noun

mescae f

  1. drunkenness, intoxication
  2. daze, bewilderment, excitement

Inflection
Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mescaeL mescaiL mescai
Vocative mescaeL mescaiL mescai
Accusative mescaiN mescaiL mescai
Genitive mescae mescaeL mescaeN
Dative mescaiL mescaib mescaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms
  • laithirt

Descendants
  • Irish: meisce
  • Manx: meshtey
  • Scottish Gaelic: misg

Verb

mescae

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive abso of mescaid

·mescae

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive conjunctive of mescaid

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
mescae
also mmescae after a proclitic		 mescae
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/		 unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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