mescaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *miskati, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-éti, from *meyḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲeskɨðʲ]

Verb

mescaid (verbal noun mescad)

  1. to mix
    • c. 700 Immram Brain, published in The Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the land of the living (1895, London: David Nutt), pp. 1-35, edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer and Alfred Nutt, stanza 16
      Mescid fairggi co mbí fuil.
      He stirs the sea until it is blood.
  2. to dip, to plunge
  3. to confuse

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. mescid, mescaid; mescthus (with suffixed pronoun -us) mescthair
conj. ·mescid, ·mescaid ·mescthar
rel. mescthar
imperfect indicative ·mescad
preterite abs. mescais
conj. ·mescus ·mescais ·mesc, ·mescc ·mescsat ·mescad ·mesctha
rel.
perfect deut. ro·mescsat ro·mesctha
prot.
future abs. mescfait
conj. ·mescfaiter
rel. mescfaiter
conditional
present subjunctive abs. mescae mescid, mescaid mescthair
conj. ·mescae ·mescid, ·mescaid ·mescthar
rel. mescthar
past subjunctive ·mescad
imperative mesc, mescc mescad mescid, mescaid
verbal noun mescad
past participle mesctha
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: measc
  • Manx: mestey
  • Scottish Gaelic: measg

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