milse
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
milse (third-person singular simple present milses, present participle milsing, simple past and past participle milsed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- millse (obsolete)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish millse (“sweetness”).
Noun edit
milse f (genitive singular milse)
- Synonym of milseacht (“sweetness; blandness, smoothness (of tongue), flattery”)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
milse
- inflection of milis (“sweet”):
Mutation edit
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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “milse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “millse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 83