measc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mescaid (“to mix”, verb) (compare Scottish Gaelic measg), from Proto-Celtic *miskati, from Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲasˠk/

Verb

measc (present analytic meascann, future analytic meascfaidh, verbal noun meascadh, past participle measctha)

1. (ambitransitive) To mix, blend, mix up
2. (ambitransitive, cooking) To stir; mash

Conjugation

Conjugation of measc (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	meascadh
past participle	measctha
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	meascaim	meascann tú; meascair†	meascann sé, sí	meascaimid	meascann sibh	meascann siad; meascaid†	a mheascann; a mheascas / a meascann*	measctar
past	mheasc mé; mheascas	mheasc tú; mheascais	mheasc sé, sí	mheascamar; mheasc muid	mheasc sibh; mheascabhair	mheasc siad; mheascadar	a mheasc / ar mheasc*	meascadh
past habitual	mheascainn / meascainn‡‡	mheasctá / measctᇇ	mheascadh sé, sí / meascadh sé, s퇇	mheascaimis; mheascadh muid / meascaimis‡‡; meascadh muid‡‡	mheascadh sibh / meascadh sibh‡‡	mheascaidís; mheascadh siad / meascaidís‡‡; meascadh siad‡‡	a mheascadh / a meascadh*	mheasctaí / meascta퇇
future	meascfaidh mé; meascfad	meascfaidh tú; meascfair†	meascfaidh sé, sí	meascfaimid; meascfaidh muid	meascfaidh sibh	meascfaidh siad; meascfaid†	a mheascfaidh; a mheascfas / a meascfaidh*	meascfar
conditional	mheascfainn / meascfainn‡‡	mheascfá / meascfᇇ	mheascfadh sé, sí / meascfadh sé, s퇇	mheascfaimis; mheascfadh muid / meascfaimis‡‡; meascfadh muid‡‡	mheascfadh sibh / meascfadh sibh‡‡	mheascfaidís; mheascfadh siad / meascfaidís‡‡; meascfadh siad‡‡	a mheascfadh / a meascfadh*	mheascfaí / meascfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go measca mé; go meascad†	go measca tú; go meascair†	go measca sé, sí	go meascaimid; go measca muid	go measca sibh	go measca siad; go meascaid†	—	go measctar
past	dá meascainn	dá measctá	dá meascadh sé, sí	dá meascaimis; dá meascadh muid	dá meascadh sibh	dá meascaidís; dá meascadh siad	—	dá measctaí
imperative
–	meascaim	measc	meascadh sé, sí	meascaimis	meascaigí; meascaidh†	meascaidís	—	measctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

measc m (genitive singular measc)

1. (literary) jumble, confusion

Declension

Declension of measc (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative measc vocative a mheasc genitive measc dative measc forms with the definite article singular nominative an measc genitive an mheasc dative leis an measc don mheasc

Derived terms

• as measc (“from the midst of, from among”)
• i measc (“in the midst of, among”)
• measc ar mheasc (“mingled together, in a state of confusion”)
• meascán (“mass, lump; mixture; jumble, muddle”)
• meascra (“medley”)
• meascthóir (“mixer”)

Descendants

• ⇒ Yola: measkeen

Mutation

Mutated forms of measc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
measc	mheasc	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “measc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “blend”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “mix”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “stir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mescaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “measc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “measc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025