From Proto-Celtic *miskati, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱ-éti, from *meyḱ-.
mescaid (verbal noun mescad)
| 1st sg. | 2nd sg. | 3rd sg. | 1st pl. | 2nd pl. | 3rd pl. | Passive sg. | Passive pl. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present indicative | Abs. | mescid, mescaid; mescthus (with suffixed pronoun -us) | mescthair | ||||||
| Conj. | ·mescid, ·mescaid | ·mescthar | |||||||
| Rel. | mescthar | ||||||||
| Imperfect indicative | ·mescad | ||||||||
| Preterite | Abs. | mescais | |||||||
| Conj. | ·mescus | ·mescais | ·mesc, ·mescc | ·mescsat | ·mescad | ·mesctha | |||
| Rel. | |||||||||
| Perfect | Deut. | ro·mescsat | ro·mesctha | ||||||
| Prot. | |||||||||
| Future | Abs. | mescfait | |||||||
| Conj. | ·mescfaiter | ||||||||
| Rel. | mescfaiter | ||||||||
| Conditional | |||||||||
| Present subjunctive | Abs. | mescae | mescid, mescaid | mescthair | |||||
| Conj. | ·mescae | ·mescid, ·mescaid | ·mescthar | ||||||
| Rel. | mescthar | ||||||||
| Past subjunctive | ·mescad | ||||||||
| Imperative | mesc, mescc | mescad | mescid, mescaid | ||||||
| Verbal noun | mescad | ||||||||
| Past participle | mesctha | ||||||||
| Verbal of necessity | |||||||||