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plas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "plas"

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (“to burst, crack”), Latvian plêst (“to tear”) and perhaps German platzen (“to blow, explode”).

Verb edit

plas (aorist plasa, participle plasur)

  1. to crack, burst, break through

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Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English flash.

Noun edit

plas

  1. flash

Verb edit

plas

  1. (photography) to flash

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English flush.

Verb edit

plas

  1. to flush

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (“more”).

Noun edit

plas

  1. addition
  2. (arithmetic) a plus sign: +

Verb edit

plas

  1. to add

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

plas

  1. genitive plural of plasa

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /plɑs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: plas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (“puddle, splash”). Probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

Noun edit

plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)

  1. a body of still water, pool
    De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.
    The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.
  2. puddle
    Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.
    He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.
  3. (often diminutive) an act of urinating, or its result
    Hij deed een grote plas.
    He urinated extensively.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Papiamentu: plas

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

plas

  1. inflection of plassen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams edit

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French place.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

plas

  1. place, space
  2. position, job
  3. plaza, square

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Middle English edit

Noun edit

plas

  1. Alternative form of place

Spanish edit

Interjection edit

plas

  1. wham!, whack!
    Synonym: plaf
  2. down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

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Further reading edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Old French place.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

plas m (plural plasau)

  1. mansion
  2. palace
  3. hall

Synonyms edit

See also edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
plas blas mhlas phlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Hmong *ploŋᴰ (“owl”).[1]

Noun edit

plas (classifier: tus)

  1. owl (bird)
    Plas muaj qhov muag loj. ― The owl has big eyes.

Etymology 2 edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Somewhat resembles Old Chinese 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ, “even, flat”), particular with the Baxter-Sagart reconstruction of *m-breŋ.”

Classifier edit

plas

  1. classifier for a wide expanse or large area
    plas hav zoov laus ― a jungle
    ib plag teb ― one large field
    ib plag hluav taws ― a large expanse of fire

References edit

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 248.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.
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