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mescae

mescae

Old Irish

Noun

mescae f

  1. drunkenness, intoxication
  2. daze, bewilderment, excitement

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

  • laithirt

Related terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mescae
also mmescae after a proclitic
mescae
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
mescae
also mmescae after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.