millsén

Old Irish

Etymology

From milis (“sweet”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

millsén m

1. a preparation of sweetened curds

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	millsén	—	—
Vocative	millséin	—	—
Accusative	millsénN	—	—
Genitive	millséinL	—	—
Dative	millsénL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: milseán
• Manx: millshan, milljan
• Scottish Gaelic: mìlsean

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
millsén also mmillsén after a proclitic ending in a vowel	millsén pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language