mesc

English

Etymology

Clipping of mescaline

Noun

mesc (uncountable)

1. (informal) The drug mescaline.

Anagrams

• CMEs, CSEM, MCSE, MSCE, cems, msec

Catalan

Alternative forms

• almesc

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛsk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈməsk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmesk]

Noun

mesc m (uncountable)

1. musk

Derived terms

• mesquer

Related terms

• moscat

Further reading

• “mesc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• mescc

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

• mesctha

Derived terms

• mescaid
• mescaigidir

Related terms

• mescae

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
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mesc also mmesc after a proclitic	mesc pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mesc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language