Contionary:mes

Middle Annerish

Etymology

Obscure; Bernthaler draws connection to Germanic *matjaną ("to dine"), Celtic *madyeti ("to break") and Old Annerish móa, múa ("breastmilk or porridge"). Imperative from Indo-European *wes-.
For noun cf.: *messus.

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.) To eat, consume fruit, nuts, seeds, and bread.
3. (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.
  

The ɪᴍᴘ. is shared with the other verbs for eating — fatach and nıne, and a special form is used for the ɴᴇɢ. ɪᴍᴘ.:

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

See also

• aırbeda (causative)