i measc

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ameasc, imeasc
  • ameasg, i measg, imeasg (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Preposition

i measc (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. in the midst of, among
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97:
      n̄ā caiŕə mȧs nə døməxī, strōkfr̥ hū.
      [Ná teighre i measc na dtomacha, strócfar thú.]
      Don’t come amongst the thornbushes, you’ll get torn.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 260, page 132
  2. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922) The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 121, page 46
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 415, page 231
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97

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