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==Middle Annerish==
==Middle Annerish==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Obscure; Bernthaler draws connection to [[w:Proto-Germanic_language|Germanic]] ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/matjaną|*matjaną]]'' ("to dine"), [[w:Proto-Celtic_language|Celtic]] ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/madyeti|*madyeti]]'' ("to break") and Old Annerish ''móa, múa'' ("breastmilk or porridge"). Imperative from [[w:Proto-Indo-European_language|Indo-European]] ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wes-#Etymology_2|*wes-]]''.<br> For noun ''cf.'': ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messus|*messus]]''.
Noun from [[w:Proto-Celtic_language|Celtic]] ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/messus|*messus]]''. For the verb, Bernthaler draws connection to Old Annerish ''móa, múa'' ("breastmilk or porridge") and [[w:Proto-Germanic_language|Germanic]] ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/matjaną|*matjaną]]'' ("to dine"); influenced by possible [[w:Old_Irish|Goidelic]] cognate ''[[:wikt:maidid|maidid]]'' ("to break"). Imperative from [[w:Proto-Indo-European_language|Indo-European]] ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wes-#Etymology_2|*wes-]]''.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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'''mes''' (''runic:'''ᛓᛆᛌ''''')
'''mes''' (''runic:'''ᛓᛆᛌ''''')
# (''{{glossary|mass_noun|mn.}}'') Fruit and nuts as produce;
# (''{{glossary|mass_noun|mn.}}'') Fruit and nuts as produce;
# (''{{glossary|transitive|tr.}}'') To eat, consume fruit, nuts, seeds, and bread.
# (''{{glossary|transitive|tr.}}''; ''of animals'') To eat fodder or drink, lap, consume;
# (''of humans'') To eat fruit, nuts, seeds, soup, porridge, stew, or bread.
# (''literally and {{glossary|figuratively|fig.}}'') To break bread.
# (''literally and {{glossary|figuratively|fig.}}'') To break bread.
====''ɴ.ʙ.''====
====''ɴ.ʙ.''====
A special form of the vn. is used for the latter sense:  
A special form of the vn. is used for the latter sense:  
*''Tó mé c '''meıdm''' mesa'' - I'm '''cracking''' nuts.<br>
*''Tó mé c '''meıdm''' mesa'' - I'm '''cracking''' nuts.
The ɪᴍᴘ. is shared with the other verbs for eating — ''{{cd|fatach}}'' and ''{{cd|nıne}}'', and a special form is used for the ɴᴇɢ. ɪᴍᴘ.:
A special form is used for the ɴᴇɢ. ɪᴍᴘ.:
* ''Ná '''fuar''' mu baırgeàn.'' - Don't eat my slice of bread!
* ''Ná '''fuar''' mu baırgeàn.'' - Don't eat my slice of bread!
 
Not interchangeable with {{cd|nıne}}!
====See also====
* {{cd|aırbeda}} (''causative'')


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