milseacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• millseacht, millsecht (obsolete)

Etymology

milis +‎ -eacht

Noun

milseacht f (genitive singular milseachta)

1. sweetness; blandness, smoothness (of tongue), flattery

   Synonym: milse

Declension

Declension of milseacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative milseacht Vocative a mhilseacht Genitive milseachta Dative milseacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mhilseacht Genitive na milseachta Dative leis an milseacht don mhilseacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millsecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “millseaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milseacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milseacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “milseacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024