Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

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Descendants edit

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

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