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 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

• 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “plámás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN