meisce
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”), from Proto-Celtic *miskos (“mixed up, confused”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲɛʃcɪ/
Noun
meisce f (genitive singular meisce)
- drunkenness, intoxication
Declension
Declension of meisce
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ar meisce (“drunk, intoxicated”)
- bogmheisce f (“slight drunkenness”)
- meisceoir m (“drunkard”)
- meisciúil (“intoxicating”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meisce | mheisce | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "meisce" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “mescae”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN