milseán
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See also: mìlsean
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish millsén (“sweetmeat, delicacy”) (compare Scottish Gaelic mìlsean). By surface analysis, milis (“sweet”) + -án.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]milseán m (genitive singular milseáin, nominative plural milseáin)
- (UK) sweet, bonbon, (US) candy
- sweet dish, dessert
- Synonym: milseog
- Alternative form of meilsceánach (“eelgrass, zostera”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of milseán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- milseán casachta (“cough drop”)
- milseán imreoige (“butterscotch”)
- siopa milseán (“candy store, sweet shop, tuck shop”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
milseán | mhilseán | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milseán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “milseán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024