milseán

See also: mìlsean

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mʲɪlʲˈʃaːn/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪlʲʃɑːn/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪlʲʃæn/

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
  • "milseán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “millsén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 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.
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