- blabaran
- stammerer, Irish blabarán, from the English blabber, speak inarticulately. It is of onomatopetic origin. Cf. English babble.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.
blabaran
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Blab — (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell unnecessarily, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blabbed — Blab Blab (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blabbing — Blab Blab (bl[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blabbed} (bl[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blabbing}.] [Cf. OE. blaberen, or Dan. blabbre, G. plappern, Gael. blabaran a stammerer; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. also {Blubber}, v.] To utter or tell… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
