mlas

See also: mlaś and Mlaś

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mlas/

Noun

mlas m (genitive unattested, no plural)

1. flavour
2. savour
3. taste

Inflection

The full inflection of this term is unattested.

Derived terms

• mlassacht

Descendants

• Middle Irish: blas
  • Irish: blas
  • Manx: blass
  • Scottish Gaelic: blas

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mlaːs/

Noun

mlas

1. Nasal mutation of blas.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blas	flas	mlas	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.