mesc

English

Etymology

Clipping of mescaline

Noun

mesc (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The drug mescaline.

Anagrams

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مِسْك, from Arabic مِسْك (misk), ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, testicle).

Pronunciation

Noun

mesc m (uncountable)

  1. musk

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *miskos, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-ós, from *meyḱ- (to mix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲesk]

Adjective

mesc

  1. drunk, intoxicated
  2. mixed, confused

Inflection

o/ā-stem
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
† not when substantivized

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: measc
  • Scottish Gaelic: measg

Verb

mesc

  1. second-person singular imperative of mescaid

·mesc

  1. third-person singular preterite conjunctive of mescaid

Mutation

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

References

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