mlas

See also: mlaś and Mlaś

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mlas/

Noun

mlas m (genitive unattested, no plural)

  1. flavour
  2. savour
  3. taste

Inflection

The full inflection of this term is unattested.

Derived terms
  • mlassacht

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: blas

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mlaːs/

Noun

mlas

  1. Nasal mutation of blas.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blas flas mlas unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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