míleata

Irish

Alternative forms

• míleadhta, míliota (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish míleta; by surface analysis, míle (“soldier”) +‎ -ta.

Adjective

míleata

1. martial, warlike

   Synonyms: badhbha, cogúil, trodach

2. soldierly, stately
3. military

Declension

Declension of míleata

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	míleata	mhíleata	míleata; mhíleata2
vocative	mhíleata		míleata
genitive		míleata	míleata	míleata
dative	míleata; mhíleata1	mhíleata	míleata; mhíleata2
Comparative	níos míleata
Superlative	is míleata

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of míleata

radical	lenition	eclipsis
míleata	mhíleata	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “míleata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “míleta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “míleaḋta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 483
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míleata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN