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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
plámás	phlámás	bplámás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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