mesquí

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məsˈki]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mesˈki]

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

1. (archaic, dialectal) misfortunate, miserable
2. mean, stingy

   Synonym: gasiu

3. vile, despicable

   Synonym: roí

4. paltry, wretched (of quantity or size)

   Synonym: esquifit

• “mesquí”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007