masc.

American  

abbreviation

1. masculine.

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masc. British  

abbreviation

1. masculine

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Example Sentences

Thus masc. -o- stems show palatal modification, e.g. corn, “horn,” plur. cyrn < *kornī; the plural ending of -u- stems, O. Gaulish -oves, gives O.W. -ou, Mid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Here we observe the ancient letter z standing for s and that for r, also the word cerus masc. of ceres, connected with the root creare.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

Thus:— Dên, man, masc. sing.; an dên, the man.  dhô’n dên, to the man.

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry

I retain our vulgar "Houri," warning the reader that it is a masc. for a fem.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In Adjectives beginning with a Labial or a Palatal, the aspirated form alone is used in the gen. and voc. sing. masc. the nom. dat. and voc. sing. feminine.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander