milis

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish milis, from Proto-Celtic *melissos, from *meli. Akin to mil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɪlʲəʃ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmʲɨ̞lʲəʃ/

Adjective

milis (genitive singular feminine milse, plural milse, comparative milse)

1. sweet

Declension

Declension of milis

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	milis	mhilis	milse; mhilse2
vocative	mhilis		milse
genitive		milse	milse	milis
dative	milis; mhilis1	mhilis	milse; mhilse2
Comparative	níos milse
Superlative	is milse

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• briseán milis
• cáca milis
• carra mhilis
• milseacht
• milseán
• milseog
• milsigh

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of milis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
milis	mhilis	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “milis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “milis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *melissos with a change to the i-stems, related to *meli (whence Old Irish mil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲilʲisʲ/

Adjective

milis

1. sweet
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6^c7

     Léic úait inna bíada milsi et tomil innahí-siu do·mmeil do chenél arnáp hésom con·éit détso.

     Put away from you sg the sweet foods, and consume those that your race consumes, so that it may not be he who is indulgent to you.

Declension

i-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	milis	milis	milis
Vocative	milis
Accusative	milis	milis
Genitive	milis	milse	milis
Dative	milis	milis	milis
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	milsi	milsi
Vocative	milsi
Accusative	milsi
Genitive	milis* milse
Dative	milsib
Notes	*not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: milis
• Manx: millish
• Scottish Gaelic: milis

Mutation

Mutation of milis

radical	lenition	nasalization
milis also mmilis after a proclitic ending in a vowel	milis pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish milis, from Proto-Celtic *melissos, from *meli. Akin to mil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilɪʃ/

Adjective

milis (genitive singular feminine mìlse, nominative plural mìlse, comparative mìlse)

1. sweet, sugary

   cho milis ris an t-siùcar ― as sweet as sugar

   'S mìlse leam mo Mhòrag ― Sweet to me is my Mòrag (from the traditional song Mòrag à Dùn Bheagain)

   cha dèan corrag mhilis ìm ― a sweet tooth will never make butter (literally, “a sweet finger will not make butter”)

2. melodious, dulcet

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative/Vocative/Dative	milis	mhilis	mìlse
Genitive	mhilis	mìlse	mìlse

Derived terms

• aran-milis (“gingerbread”)
• bainne milis (“sweet milk, or condensed milk”)
• buntàta milis (“sweet potatoes, yams”)
• maide-milis (“liquorice”)
• neo-mhilis (“savoury”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of milis

radical	lenition
milis	mhilis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “milis”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “milis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French milice, from Latin mīlitia, from mīles (“soldier”). Doublet of militär.

Noun

milis c

1. militia

Declension

Declension of milis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	milis	milis
	definite	milisen	milisens
plural	indefinite	miliser	milisers
	definite	miliserna	milisernas

Derived terms

• folkmilis
• högermilis
• milisgrupp
• milisledare
• milissoldat
• milisstyrka
• milistrupp
• vänstermilis

Further reading

• milis in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• milis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Milch.

Noun

milis

1. coconut milk

Synonyms

• ((coconut) milk): melek

See also

• susu

Turkish

Etymology

From late Ottoman Turkish میلیس, from French milice.

Noun

milis (definite accusative milisi, plural milisler)

1. militia

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “milis”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN