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
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