Bulgarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Probably fossilized plural of Proto-Slavic *pluto n (floating object).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

плу́та (plútaf

  1. (archaic, nautical) raft
  2. (dialectal) waterlily (aquatic flower of genus Nymphaea)
    Synonym: (standard) во́дна ли́лия (vódna lílija)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Romanian: plută

References edit

  • плута²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плута”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 367

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian plȕta / плу̏та.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

плу́та (plútaf

  1. (archaic or dialectal) cork (bottle stopper)
  2. (archaic or dialectal) piece of cork (used on a fishing line to indicate when a fish is biting)
Declension edit

References edit

  • плута¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian plȕta / плу̏та.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

плута (plutaf

  1. cork, the bast of the cork oak

Declension edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

плута (pluta) third-singular presentimpf (perfective исплута)

  1. (intransitive, stative) to float, drift

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • плута” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • Koneski, Kiril (1999) “плута”, in Правописен речник на македонскиот литературен јазик (Pravopisen rečnik na makedonskiot literaturen jazik) [Orthographic Dictionary of the Macedonian literary language] (in Macedonian), "Prosvetno delo", page 310

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • плута́: IPA(key): [pɫʊˈta]
  • плу́та: IPA(key): [ˈpɫutə]

Noun edit

плута́ or плу́та (plutá or plútam inan

  1. genitive singular of плут (plut)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pluto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European *plowtóm, from *plewt-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

плу̏та f (Latin spelling plȕta)

  1. cork, the bast of the cork oak

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • plȕto” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • плута”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 4, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1971, published 1990, page 481