Irish
- millseacht, millsecht (obsolete)
Etymology
milis + -eacht
Noun
milseacht f (genitive singular milseachta)
- sweetness; blandness, smoothness (of tongue), flattery
- Synonym: milse
Declension
Declension of milseacht (third declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of milseacht
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lenition
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eclipsis
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mhilseacht
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “millsecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “millseaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milseacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milseacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “milseacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025