misg
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”) or mesc (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meik-sko- (“mixed”), from *meik- (“to mix”).
Pronunciation
Noun
misg f (genitive singular misge)
- drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation
- Uair air mhisg is uair air uisge.
- One day drunk and one day drinking water.
- (literally, “One time on drunkenness and one time on water.”)
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Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| misg | mhisg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “misg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mescae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- gd:Drinking