millte

millte

Irish

Pronunciation

Participle

millte

  1. past participle of mill (“spoil, mar, ruin”)

Adjective

millte

  1. spoiled (deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible; having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering)

Noun

millte m sg

  1. genitive singular of milleadh (“impairment”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of millte
radical lenition eclipsis
millte mhillte 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. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 196
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 230

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “millte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 743; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “millte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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