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blagadán
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a bald person
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blainseog
Meaning or Explanation (EN): dogberry
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blais
Meaning or Explanation (EN): taste, sip, eat (of food)
Usage (EN): Prov: Níor bhlais an bia nach mblaisfidh an bás, no one can escape death.
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blaiseadh
Meaning or Explanation (EN): tasting, sipping
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bláith
Meaning or Explanation (EN): fair, beautiful
Usage (EN): Mo nighean bhláithe, (song), my fair daughter.
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blanndar
Meaning or Explanation (EN): flattery, soft talk, coaxing
Usage (EN): Ag iarraidh duine a bhlanndar, trying to coax a person. Ag iarraidh duine a cheannach le blanndar, trying to win a person's consent or support with soft talk.
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blanndarach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): flattering, dissimulating
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blaosc
Meaning or Explanation (EN): shell
Usage (EN): blaosc uibhe, an egg-shell. Blaosc na cloigne, The skull. Ó tháinig sé as an bhlaoisc, since he was born.
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blár
Meaning or Explanation (EN): a plain, a bare exposed place
Usage (EN): Ar an bhlár, on the bare plain; without money or resources. Prov: Is fearr suí ar an scáth ná suí ar a bhlár fholamh, "better a wee bush than nae bield." Scots prov. It is better to have something than nothing. Fágadh ar an bhlár, he was left without means of any kind.
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blas
Meaning or Explanation (EN): taste, flavour, relish
Usage (EN): Blas gaoithe, a disagreeable taste that potatoes get from exposure to the weather. Droch-bhlas, a bad tast Prov: Bíonn blas ar an bheagán, what is scarce is relished.
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