plámás

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
singular
nominative plámás
vocative a phlámáis
genitive plámáis
dative plámás
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an plámás
genitive an phlámáis
dative leis an bplámás
don phlámás

Derived terms

  • plámásach (“flattering, adulatory; cajoling”, adjective)
  • plámásaí m (“flatterer, cajoler”)

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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