milis

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish milis,[1] from Proto-Celtic *melissos, from *meli. Akin to mil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. sweet

Declension

Declension of milis
Positive singular plural
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

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.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “milis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 99, page 39

Further reading

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. 6c7
      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

*not when substantivized

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of milis
radical lenition nasalization
milis
also mmilis in h-prothesis environments		 milis
pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/		 milis
also mmilis

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

Further reading

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

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Milch.[1]

Noun

milis

  1. coconut milk

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 18: “[…] /lk/ melek (coconut) milk, /lç/ in milis (coconut) milk (borrowed from German Milch) and […]”

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
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