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milse

milse

See also: mìlse

English

Verb

milse ‎(third-person singular simple present milses, present participle milsing, simple past and past participle milsed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To be merciful to; show clemency to; pardon.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmʲɪlʲʃə]

Adjective

milse

  1. genitive singular feminine of milis
  2. nominative / vocative / dative plural of milis
  3. strong genitive plural of milis
  4. comparative degree of milis

Mutation

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

Etymology

From Middle English milsen, milcen, milcien, from Old English miltsian ‎(“to compassionate, pity, show mercy, soften, make merciful”), from Proto-Germanic *meldesjō ‎(“kindness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- ‎(“to beat, grind”). Related to Old English milts ‎(“mercy, compassion, benevolence, kindness, favor, joy”), Old English milde ‎(“mild, merciful, kind, generous, gentle, meek”). More at mild.

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