milse
English
Etymology
From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian (“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *mildisjō (“kindness”), from Proto-Germanic *mildijaz (“mild”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts (“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde (“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild.
Verb
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- (transitive, obsolete) To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish millse (“sweetness”).
Noun
milse f (genitive singular milse)
- Synonym of milseacht (“sweetness; blandness, smoothness (of tongue), flattery”)
Declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
milse
- inflection of milis (“sweet”):
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
milse | mhilse | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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