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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”), from Classical Syriac ܡܶܣܟܸܐܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܝܢܳܐ (meskēnā, “miserable, wretched”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “beggar, needy, indigent”).
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Adjective
mesquí (feminine mesquina, masculine plural mesquins, feminine plural mesquines)
- (archaic, dialectal) misfortunate, miserable
- mean, stingy
- vile, despicable
- paltry, wretched (of quantity or size)
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