misg
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish mescae (“drunkenness, intoxication”) or mescc (“drunk, intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *meik-sko- (“mixed”), from *meik- (“to mix”).
Noun
misg f (genitive singular misge)
- 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.")
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
- “mescae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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