bladarach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bladarach (genitive singular masculine bladaraigh, genitive singular feminine bladaraí, plural bladaracha, comparative bladaraí)
- Alternative form of bladrach (“cajoling, flattering”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bladarach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bladarach | bhladarach | bladaracha; bhladaracha² | |
| Vocative | bhladaraigh | bladaracha | ||
| Genitive | bladaraí | bladaracha | bladarach | |
| Dative | bladarach; bhladarach¹ |
bhladarach; bhladaraigh (archaic) |
bladaracha; bhladaracha² | |
| Comparative | níos bladaraí | |||
| Superlative | is bladaraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bladarach | bhladarach | mbladarach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bladarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bladarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm