measc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mescaid (“to mix”, verb) (compare Scottish Gaelic measg),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *miskati, from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʲasˠk/^[2]

Verb

measc (present analytic meascann, future analytic meascfaidh, verbal noun meascadh, past participle measctha)

(ambitransitive) to mix, blend, mix up
(ambitransitive, cooking) to stir; mash

Conjugation

Conjugation of *measc* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	meascaim	meascann tú; meascair^†	meascann sé, sí	meascaimid; meascann muid	meascann sibh	meascann siad; meascaid^†	a mheascann; a mheascas	measctar
past	mheasc mé; mheascas	mheasc tú; mheascais	mheasc sé, sí	mheascamar; mheasc muid	mheasc sibh; mheascabhair	mheasc siad; mheascadar	a mheasc	meascadh
past habitual	mheascainn / meascainn^‡	mheasctá / measctá^‡	mheascadh sé, sí / meascadh sé, sí^‡	mheascaimis; mheascadh muid / meascaimis^‡; meascadh muid^‡	mheascadh sibh / meascadh sibh^‡	mheascaidís; mheascadh siad / meascaidís^‡; meascadh siad^‡	a mheascadh	mheasctaí / measctaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	meascfaidh mé; meascfad	meascfaidh tú; meascfair^†	meascfaidh sé, sí	meascfaimid; meascfaidh muid	meascfaidh sibh	meascfaidh siad; meascfaid^†	a mheascfaidh; a mheascfas	meascfar
conditional	mheascfainn / meascfainn^‡	mheascfá / meascfá^‡	mheascfadh sé, sí / meascfadh sé, sí^‡	mheascfaimis; mheascfadh muid / meascfaimis^‡; meascfadh muid^‡	mheascfadh sibh / meascfadh sibh^‡	mheascfaidís; mheascfadh siad / meascfaidís^‡; meascfadh siad^‡	a mheascfadh	mheascfaí / meascfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go measca mé; go meascad^†	go measca tú; go meascair^†	go measca sé, sí	go meascaimid; go measca muid	go measca sibh	go measca siad; go meascaid^†	—	go measctar
past	dá meascainn	dá measctá	dá meascadh sé, sí	dá meascaimis; dá meascadh muid	dá meascadh sibh	dá meascaidís; dá meascadh siad	—	dá measctaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	meascaim	measc	meascadh sé, sí	meascaimis	meascaigí; meascaidh^†	meascaidís	—	measctar

past participle	measctha

verbal noun	meascadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Noun

measc m (genitive singular measc)

(literary) jumble, confusion

Declension

Declension of measc (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	measc
vocative	a mheasc
genitive	measc
dative	measc

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an measc
genitive	an mheasc
dative	leis an measc don mheasc

Derived terms

as measc (“from the midst of, from among”)
i measc (“in the midst of, among”)
measc ar mheasc (“mingled together”)
meascán (“mass, lump”)
meascra (“medley”)
meascthóir (“mixer”)

Descendants

⇒ Yola: measkeen

Mutation

Mutated forms of *measc*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
measc	mheasc	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mescaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 230