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

Mutation of millsén

radical	lenition	nasalization
millsén also mmillsén after a proclitic ending in a vowel	millsén 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.

References

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