plaga

See also: plága, plagá, plagă, and plåga

English edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin plāga (“a blow, a welt, a stripe”). Doublet of plague.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪɡə/

Noun edit

plaga (plural plagae)

(zoology) A stripe of colour.

Related terms edit

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plaga”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin plāga.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpla.ɣə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpla.ɣa]

Noun edit

plaga f (plural plagues)

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlaːɣa/
Rhymes: -aːɣa

Verb edit

plaga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative plagaði, supine plagað)

to bother, plague

Conjugation edit

plaga — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að plaga
supine (sagnbót)		plagað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		plagandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég plaga	við plögum	present (nútíð)	ég plagi	við plögum
	þú plagar	þið plagið		þú plagir	þið plagið
	hann, hún, það plagar	þeir, þær, þau plaga		hann, hún, það plagi	þeir, þær, þau plagi

past (þátíð)	ég plagaði	við plöguðum	past (þátíð)	ég plagaði	við plöguðum
	þú plagaðir	þið plöguðuð		þú plagaðir	þið plöguðuð
	hann, hún, það plagaði	þeir, þær, þau plöguðu		hann, hún, það plagaði	þeir, þær, þau plöguðu

imperative (boðháttur)	plaga (þú)	plagið (þið)
	plagaðu	plagiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

plagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að plagast
supine (sagnbót)		plagast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		plagandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég plagast	við plögumst	present (nútíð)	ég plagist	við plögumst
	þú plagast	þið plagist		þú plagist	þið plagist
	hann, hún, það plagast	þeir, þær, þau plagast		hann, hún, það plagist	þeir, þær, þau plagist

past (þátíð)	ég plagaðist	við plöguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég plagaðist	við plöguðumst
	þú plagaðist	þið plöguðust		þú plagaðist	þið plöguðust
	hann, hún, það plagaðist	þeir, þær, þau plöguðust		hann, hún, það plagaðist	þeir, þær, þau plöguðust

imperative (boðháttur)	plagast (þú)	plagist (þið)
	plagastu	plagisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

plagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plagaður	plöguð	plagað	plagaðir	plagaðar	plöguð
accusative (þolfall)	plagaðan	plagaða	plagað	plagaða	plagaðar	plöguð
dative (þágufall)	plöguðum	plagaðri	plöguðu	plöguðum	plöguðum	plöguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	plagaðs	plagaðrar	plagaðs	plagaðra	plagaðra	plagaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	plagaði	plagaða	plagaða	plöguðu	plöguðu	plöguðu
accusative (þolfall)	plagaða	plöguðu	plagaða	plöguðu	plöguðu	plöguðu
dative (þágufall)	plagaða	plöguðu	plagaða	plöguðu	plöguðu	plöguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	plagaða	plöguðu	plagaða	plöguðu	plöguðu	plöguðu

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin plaga (“tract, region, quarter, zone”). Compare piaggia.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/
Rhymes: -aɡa
Hyphenation: plà‧ga

Noun edit

plaga f (plural plaghe)

region, district
(obsolete) beach

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Related to plangō (“to strike”), from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “wound”) and Albanian plojë (“slaughter; bloodletting”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplaː.ɡa/, [ˈpɫ̪äːɡä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/, [ˈpläːɡä]

Noun edit

plāga f (genitive plāgae); first declension

plague, misfortune
Synonyms: malum, cruciātus, nūbēs, miseria, īnfortūnium, calamitās, cāsus, vulnus
stroke, blow, cut, strike
Synonyms: ictus, vulnus, colaphus, pulsus
wound, gash, injury
Synonyms: vulnus, noxa, incommoditās, damnum

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plāga	plāgae
Genitive	plāgae	plāgārum
Dative	plāgae	plāgīs
Accusative	plāgam	plāgās
Ablative	plāgā	plāgīs
Vocative	plāga	plāgae

Descendants edit

Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: pleagã, plaghe
- Romanian: plagă
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: plaie, pleie
  - French: plaie
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: plaga
- Occitan: plaga
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: chaga
  - Galician: chaga
  - Portuguese: chaga (see there for further descendants)
- Spanish: llaga
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: piaga
- Sicilian: chiaga
Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: plae
- Romansch: plaja, plaga, plaia, pleja
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: tzaca

Borrowings

→ Albanian: plagë
→ Middle Dutch: plāghe
- Dutch: plaag
→ Middle Low German: plage
- → Danish: plage
- → Norwegian Bokmål: plage
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: plage
→ Middle High German: plāge, pflāge
- German: Plage
→ Old Dutch: plāgon
- Middle Dutch: plâgen
  - Dutch: plagen
  - Limburgish: plaoge
→ Old French: plage
- → Middle English: plage
  - English: plague
    - → Scottish Gaelic: plàigh
  - Scots: plague
→ Old Norse: plága
- Danish: plage
- Icelandic: plága
- Norwegian Bokmål: plage
- Norwegian Nynorsk: plage
- Swedish: plåga
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: praga
- Portuguese: praga
→ Polish: plaga
→ Spanish: plaga
→ Welsh: pla

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλάγος (plágos, “side, flank”), Old High German flah (“flat, smooth”),^[2] Middle Low German vlake (“hurdle, small grid”), Old Norse flaki (“plank, canopy, shed”). More at flake.

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/, [ˈpɫ̪äɡä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/, [ˈpläːɡä]

Noun edit

plaga f (genitive plagae); first declension

tract, region, quarter, zone
- (Can we date this quote?) Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in De divinatione, Book II, Chapter XIII
  Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat, caeli scrutantur plagas.
  What is before the feet, noone regards; the skies are searched in the regions.

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plaga	plagae
Genitive	plagae	plagārum
Dative	plagae	plagīs
Accusative	plagam	plagās
Ablative	plagā	plagīs
Vocative	plaga	plagae

Descendants edit

⇒ Late Latin: plagia
- Corsican: piaghja
- Dalmatian: plui
- Italian: piaggia, plaga
- Old French:
  - French: plage (see there for further descendants)
  - Walloon: pladje
- Old Occitan:
  - Catalan: platja
  - Occitan: plaja
- Old Galician-Portuguese: praya
  - Galician: praia
  - Portuguese: praia
- Sicilian: praja
- Old Spanish:
  - Spanish: playa
  - → Basque: plaia
→ Italian: plaga
→ Portuguese: plaga

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“weave”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō, “braid”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/, [ˈpɫ̪äɡä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/, [ˈpläːɡä]

Noun edit

plaga f (genitive plagae); first declension

hunting net, web, trap
bedcurtain, curtain

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plaga	plagae
Genitive	plagae	plagārum
Dative	plagae	plagīs
Accusative	plagam	plagās
Ablative	plagā	plagīs
Vocative	plaga	plagae

Derived terms edit

References edit

“plaga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
plaga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
- to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “plangō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 469-70
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

(of noun) plagen

(of verb)

plaget
plagde (simple past)
plagd (past participle)

Noun edit

plaga m or f

definite feminine singular of plage

Verb edit

plaga

inflection of plage:
1. simple past
2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

plaga f

definite singular of plage

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin plāga. Doublet of płacz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: pla‧ga

Noun edit

plaga f

plague
Synonym: zaraza
nuisance

Declension edit

Declension of plaga

	singular	plural
nominative	plaga	plagi
genitive	plagi	plag
dative	pladze	plagom
accusative	plagę	plagi
instrumental	plagą	plagami
locative	pladze	plagach
vocative	plago	plagi

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈplaɡa/ [ˈpla.ɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: pla‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin plāga. Compare the inherited llaga.

Noun edit

plaga f (plural plagas)

plague
Synonym: peste
nuisance

Derived terms edit

evitar como la plaga

Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

plaga

inflection of plagar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

plaga

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