bladrach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bladair +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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

  1. cajoling, flattering

Declension

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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

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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

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