milseán

See also: mìlsean

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲɪlʲˈʃaːn̪ˠ/

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /mʲiːʃˈlʲɑːn̪ˠ/

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪlʲʃɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪlʲʃæn̪ˠ/

Noun

milseán m (genitive singular milseáin, nominative plural milseáin)

1. (UK) sweet, bonbon, (US) candy
2. sweet dish, dessert

   Synonym: milseog

3. 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

• milseán casachta (“cough drop”)
• milseán imreoige (“butterscotch”)
• siopa milseán (“candy store, sweet shop, tuck shop”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milseán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “millsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “milseán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “milseán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.