meshtey
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”), from Proto-Celtic *miskos (“mixed up, confused”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Irish meisce.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meshtey f (genitive singular meshtey, no plural)
- drunkenness, intoxication
- Synonym: meshtallys
Derived terms edit
- er meshtey (“drunk, intoxicated”)
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| meshtey | veshtey | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mescae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language