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