mìlsean

See also: milseán

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish millsén (“sweetmeat, delicacy”) (compare modern Irish milseán). By surface analysis, milis (“sweet”) +‎ -an (diminutive suffix).

Noun

mìlsean m (genitive singular mìlsein, plural mìlseanan)

  1. dessert, pudding, confection, sweet (course)

See also

Mutation

Mutation of mìlsean
radical lenition
mìlsean mhìlsean

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) “mìlsean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millsén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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