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milseán

milseán

See also: mìlsean

Irish

Noun

milseán m ‎(genitive singular milseáin, nominative plural milseáin)

(UK) sweet, bonbon, (US) candy
sweet dish, dessert

Declension

Declension of milseán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	milseán	milseáin
Vocative	a mhilseáin	a mhilseána
Genitive	milseáin	milseán
Dative	milseán	milseáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an milseán	na milseáin
Genitive	an mhilseáin	na milseán
Dative	leis an milseán don mhilseán	leis na milseáin

Synonyms

(dessert): milseog

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
milseán	mhilseán	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"milseán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“millsén” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.