millteán

See also: mìltean

Irish

Etymology

From millte +‎ -án.

Noun

millteán m (genitive singular millteáin, nominative plural millteáin)

1. stricken creature; sickly, miserable-looking person or animal

Declension

Declension of millteán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative millteán millteáin Vocative a mhillteáin a mhillteána Genitive millteáin millteán Dative millteán millteáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an millteán na millteáin Genitive an mhillteáin na millteán Dative leis an millteán don mhillteán leis na millteáin

Derived terms

• an millteán mic (“the prodigal son”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
millteán	mhillteán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “millteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN