# 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: /mʲasˠk/

### Verb

measc (present analytic meascann, future analytic meascfaidh, verbal noun meascadh, past participle measctha)
* (transitive, intransitive) To mix, blend, mix up
* (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To stir; mash

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | meascaim | meascann tú; meascair$^†$ | meascann sé, sí | meascaimid | meascann sibh | meascann siad; meascaid$^†$ | a mheascann; a mheascas / a meascann* | measctar |
| indicative | past | mheasc mé; mheascas | mheasc tú; mheascais | mheasc sé, sí | mheascamar; mheasc muid | mheasc sibh; mheascabhair | mheasc siad; mheascadar | a mheasc / ar mheasc* | meascadh |
| indicative | past habitual | mheascainn / meascainn‡‡ | mheasctá / measctá‡‡ | mheascadh sé, sí / meascadh sé, sí‡‡ | mheascaimis; mheascadh muid / meascaimis‡‡; meascadh muid‡‡ | mheascadh sibh / meascadh sibh‡‡ | mheascaidís; mheascadh siad / meascaidís‡‡; meascadh siad‡‡ | a mheascadh / a meascadh* | mheasctaí / measctaí‡‡ |
| future | 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 | conditional | mheascfainn / meascfainn‡‡ | mheascfá / meascfá‡‡ | mheascfadh sé, sí / meascfadh sé, sí‡‡ | mheascfaimis; mheascfadh muid / meascfaimis‡‡; meascfadh muid‡‡ | mheascfadh sibh / meascfadh sibh‡‡ | mheascfaidís; mheascfadh siad / meascfaidís‡‡; meascfadh siad‡‡ | a mheascfadh / a meascfadh* | mheascfaí / meascfaí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | meascaim | measc | meascadh sé, sí | meascaimis | meascaigí; meascaidh$^†$ | meascaidís | — | measctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | meascadh | meascadh | meascadh | meascadh | meascadh | meascadh | meascadh | meascadh |
| past participle | past participle | measctha | measctha | measctha | measctha | measctha | measctha | measctha | measctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Noun

measc m (genitive singular measc)
* (literary) jumble, confusion

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
measc
vocative
a mheasc
genitive
measc
dative
measc
forms with the definite article
case
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

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