meascán

meascán

Irish

Etymology

From measc +‎ -án.

Noun

meascán m (genitive singular meascáin, nominative plural meascáin)

1. mass, lump
2. mixture; jumble, muddle

Declension

Declension of meascán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative meascán meascáin Vocative a mheascáin a mheascána Genitive meascáin meascán Dative meascán meascáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an meascán na meascáin Genitive an mheascáin na meascán Dative leis an meascán don mheascán leis na meascáin

Descendants

• → Yola: muskawn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
meascán	mheascán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “meascán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN