milseán

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See also: mìlsean

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish millsén (“sweetmeat, delicacy”)[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic mìlsean). By surface analysis, milis (“sweet”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

milseán m (genitive singular milseáin, nominative plural milseáin)

  1. (UK) sweet, bonbon, (US) candy
  2. sweet dish, dessert
    Synonym: milseog
  3. mannagrass
  4. Alternative form of meilsceánach (“eelgrass, zostera”)

Declension

Declension of milseán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative milseán milseáin
vocative a mhilseáin a mhilseána
genitive milseáin milseán
dative milseán milseáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an milseán na milseáin
genitive an mhilseáin na milseán
dative leis an milseán
don mhilseán 		leis na milseáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of milseán
radical lenition eclipsis
milseán mhilseán not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 72, page 19; reprinted 1988

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