FromMiddle Englishmese,mes,mees(“dinner, dish”), fromOld Englishmēse,mēose,mīse,mȳse(“table; that which is set on a table; dish; food, meal”), a vernacular loan fromLatin/Late Latinmē(n)sa(“table; meal”). Cognate withScotsmes,mese(“a serving of food”),Old High Germanmias,meas (GermanMus,Gemüse),Gothic𐌼𐌴𐍃(mēs). CompareOld Englishmēsan(“to eat, dine”), fromProto-Germanic*mōsijaną, fromProto-Germanic*mōsą, an ablaut variant of the rootProto-Germanic*mat-(“food”).
mese (pluralmeses)
FromMiddle Englishmesen, ofNorth Germanic origin. More atmeek.
mese (third-person singular simple presentmeses,present participlemesing,simple past and past participlemesed)
Unadapted borrowing fromLatinmesē, fromAncient Greekμέση(mésē, literally“middle [string]”).
mese (pluralmeses)
mese(colloquial, dated)
| Inflection ofmese (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mese | meset | |
| genitive | mesen | mesejen | |
| partitive | meseä | mesejä | |
| illative | meseen | meseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mese | meset | |
| accusative | nom. | mese | meset |
| gen. | mesen | ||
| genitive | mesen | mesejen meseinrare | |
| partitive | meseä | mesejä | |
| inessive | mesessä | meseissä | |
| elative | mesestä | meseistä | |
| illative | meseen | meseihin | |
| adessive | mesellä | meseillä | |
| ablative | meseltä | meseiltä | |
| allative | meselle | meseille | |
| essive | mesenä | meseinä | |
| translative | meseksi | meseiksi | |
| abessive | mesettä | meseittä | |
| instructive | — | mesein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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mese
FromProto-Ugric*mańćɜ,*maćɜ(“tale; to tell (tale, story)”).[1][2]
mese (pluralmesék)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mese | mesék |
| accusative | mesét | meséket |
| dative | mesének | meséknek |
| instrumental | mesével | mesékkel |
| causal-final | meséért | mesékért |
| translative | mesévé | mesékké |
| terminative | meséig | mesékig |
| essive-formal | meseként | mesékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | mesében | mesékben |
| superessive | mesén | meséken |
| adessive | mesénél | meséknél |
| illative | mesébe | mesékbe |
| sublative | mesére | mesékre |
| allative | meséhez | mesékhez |
| elative | meséből | mesékből |
| delative | meséről | mesékről |
| ablative | mesétől | meséktől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | meséé | meséké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | mesééi | mesékéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | mesém | meséim |
| 2nd person sing. | meséd | meséid |
| 3rd person sing. | meséje | meséi |
| 1st person plural | mesénk | meséink |
| 2nd person plural | mesétek | meséitek |
| 3rd person plural | meséjük | meséik |
FromLatinmēnsem(“month”). CompareCatalanmes,Frenchmois,Portuguesemês,Romanschmais,Spanishmes.
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mesē
FromOld Englishmēos(“moss”). Related tomos, from Old Englishmos.
mese
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meseoblique singular, f (oblique pluralmeses,nominative singularmese,nominative pluralmeses)
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