bladair

== Irish == === Alternative forms === blandair === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle English bloderen (“to blather”) or borrowed directly from its source Old Norse blaðra (“to speak inarticulately, talk nonsense”). ==== Verb ==== bladair (present analytic bladraíonn, future analytic bladróidh, verbal noun bladar, past participle bladartha) (ambitransitive) cajole adulate, flatter ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bladaireacht f (“(act of) cajoling; cajolery, flattery”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== bladair m genitive singular of bladar (“cajolery; flattery”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bladair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “cajole”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bladair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm