millteán

See also: mìltean

Irish

Etymology

From millte +‎ -án.

Noun

millteán m (genitive singular millteáin, nominative plural millteáin)

1. stricken creature; sickly, miserable-looking person or animal

Declension

Declension of millteán (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative millteán millteáin vocative a mhillteáin a mhillteána genitive millteáin millteán dative millteán millteáin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an millteán na millteáin genitive an mhillteáin na millteán dative leis an millteán don mhillteán leis na millteáin

Derived terms

• an millteán mic (“the prodigal son”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of millteán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
millteán	mhillteán	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “millteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN