bladrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• bladarach, blandarach

Etymology

From bladair +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bladrach (genitive singular masculine bladraigh, genitive singular feminine bladraí, plural bladracha, comparative bladraí)

1. cajoling, flattering

Declension

Declension of bladrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bladrach	bhladrach	bladracha; bhladracha²
Vocative	bhladraigh		bladracha
Genitive		bladraí	bladracha	bladrach
Dative	bladrach; bhladrach¹	bhladrach; bhladraigh (archaic)	bladracha; bhladracha²
Comparative	níos bladraí
Superlative	is bladraí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bladrach	bhladrach	mbladrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bladrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bladarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bladrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024