er meshtey

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ManxEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• er-mestey

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish mescae ‎(“drunkenness, intoxication”), from Proto-Indo-European *meik-sko- ‎(“mixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *meik- ‎(“to mix”).

AdjectiveEdit

er meshtey

1. drunk, intoxicated
   • Laa er meshtey, laa er ushtey.
     • A day of boozing, a day on water.
   • T'eh er meshtey.
     • He's drunk.
   • V'eh daa hreen er meshtey.
     • He was three parts drunk.

SynonymsEdit

• meshtoil

Related termsEdit

• meshtallys, scooyr ‎(“drunkenness, intoxication”)

MutationEdit

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.