mìlsean
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See also: milseán
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish millsén (“sweetmeat, delicacy”) (compare modern Irish milseán). By surface analysis, milis (“sweet”) + -an (diminutive suffix).
Noun[edit]
mìlsean m (genitive singular mìlsein, plural mìlseanan)
- dessert, pudding, confection, sweet (course)
See also[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
mìlsean | mhìlsean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “mìlsean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “millsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language