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misg

misg

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

misg f ‎(genitive singular misge)

  1. drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation
    Uair air mhisg is uair air uisge.‎ ― One day drunk and one day drinking water. (literally "One time on drunkenness and one time on water.")

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References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • “mescae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

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

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