Contionary:mes

Middle Annerish

Etymology

Noun from Celtic *messus. For the verb, Bernthaler draws connection to Old Annerish móa, múa ("breastmilk or porridge") and Germanic *matjaną ("to dine"); influenced by possible Goidelic cognate maidid ("to break"). Imperative from Indo-European *wes-.

Pronunciation

(Annerish) IPA: /mʲesˠ/ [mes]

Inflection of mes

Ⅳ ᴍᴀsᴄ.	ɴᴏᴍ.	ɢᴇɴ.	ᴅᴀᴛ.	ᴠᴏᴄ.
ᴄᴏʟ.	mes	mesaʟ	mesaıb	mesʟ
Ⅱ  ᴀᴄᴛ.	ᴘʀᴇᴠᴇʀʙ: yn		ɪᴍᴘ.: fuasɢ, fuaıbᴘʟ
	ᴘʀᴇᴛ.	ɴᴀʀ.	ɪʀʀ.	ᴄᴏɴᴅ.
ᴀʙs.	meıdes	meıdıs,   meıded*,  meıdım**	meà(ıd*)	meàıs,   meàd*,  meàım**
ᴄᴏɴᴊ.	meıd		meà
ᴘᴀss.	meıdett	meıdır	meàr	meàır
*2nd ᴘ. & 3rd ᴘ.sɢ. ᴘᴏs. form, **1st ᴘ.sɢ. & ɪɴᴄʟ. form.

Verb / Noun

mes (runic:ᛓᛆᛌ)

1. (mn.) Fruit and nuts as produce;
2. (tr.; of animals) To eat fodder or drink, lap, consume;
3. (of humans) To eat fruit, nuts, seeds, soup, porridge, stew, or bread.
4. (literally and fig.) To break bread.

ɴ.ʙ.

A special form of the vn. is used for the latter sense:

• Tó mé c meıdm mesa - I'm cracking nuts.

A special form is used for the ɴᴇɢ. ɪᴍᴘ.:

• Ná fuar mu baırgeàn. - Don't eat my slice of bread!

Not interchangeable with nıne!