i measc
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Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
i measc (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
- in the midst of, among
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97:
- n̄ā caiŕə mȧs nə døməxī, strōkfr̥ hū.
- [Ná teighre i measc na dtomacha, strócfar thú.]
- Don’t come amongst the thornbushes, you’ll get torn.
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “measc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN