# milis
## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈmʲɪlʲəʃ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈmʲɨ̞lʲəʃ/

### Adjective

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

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* briseán milis
* cáca milis
* carra mhilis
* milseacht
* milseán
* milseog
* milsigh

### Mutation

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

### References

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

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “milis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “milis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “milis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “milis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *melissos with a change to the i-stems, related to *meli (whence Old Irish mil).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʲilʲisʲ/

### Adjective

milis
* 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. 6$^c$7
    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 | milis | milis |
| Accusative | milis | milis | milis |
| Genitive | milis | milse | milis |
| Dative | milis | milis | milis |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | milsi | milsi | milsi |
| Vocative | milsi | milsi | milsi |
| Accusative | milsi | milsi | milsi |
| Genitive | milis* milse | milis* milse | milis* milse |
| Dative | milsib | milsib | milsib |
| Notes | *not when substantivized | *not when substantivized | *not when substantivized |

#### Descendants

* Irish: milis
* Manx: millish
* Scottish Gaelic: milis

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “milis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmilɪʃ/

### Adjective

milis (genitive singular feminine mìlse, nominative plural mìlse, comparative mìlse)
* 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”)
* 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

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]‎, 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
* militia

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | milis | milis |
| singular | definite | milisen | milisens |
| plural | indefinite | miliser | milisers |
| plural | definite | miliserna | milisernas |

#### Derived terms

* folkmilis
* högermilis
* milisgrupp
* milisledare
* milissoldat
* milisstyrka
* milistrupp
* vänstermilis

### Further reading

* milis in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* milis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Milch.

### Noun

milis
* coconut milk

#### Synonyms

* ((coconut) milk): melek

### See also

* susu

### References

* ↑ 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)‎, 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)
* 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