mesquí

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين‎ (miskīn, “poor”), from Classical Syriac ܡܶܣܟܸܐܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܝܢܳܐ‎ (meskēnā, “miserable, wretched”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕 (muškēnu, “beggar, needy, indigent”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məsˈki/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /mesˈki/

Adjective

mesquí (feminine mesquina, masculine plural mesquins, feminine plural mesquines)

(archaic, dialectal) misfortunate, miserable
mean, stingy
vile, despicable
paltry, wretched (of quantity or size)

Synonyms

(stingy): gasiu
(vile): roí
(wretchedly small): esquifit

Derived terms

mesquinejar
mesquinesa

Further reading

“mesquí” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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