plámás

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Irish

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman blanc-manger (“blancmange”). (Compare the evolution of flummery, which originally meant "a custard-like dish made from oats" but now also has the extended meaning "flattery, speech meant to impress".)

Noun

plámás m (genitive singular plámáis)

  1. (act of) flattering, flattery; soft talk, cajolery

Declension

Declension of plámás (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative plámás
vocative a phlámáis
genitive plámáis
dative plámás
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an plámás
genitive an phlámáis
dative leis an bplámás
don phlámás

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of plámás
radical lenition eclipsis
plámás phlámás bplámás

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

References

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