i measc

Irish

Alternative forms

• ameasc, imeasc
• ameasg, i measg, imeasg (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmʲasˠk/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /(ə)ˈmʲasˠ(k)/

Preposition

i measc (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. in the midst of, among
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 97:

     n̄ā caiŕə mȧs nə døməxī, strōkfr̥ hū.

     [Ná teighre i measc na dtomacha, strócfar thú.]

     Don’t come amongst the thornbushes, you’ll get torn.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “measc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN