pla

See also: Pla, PLA, and -pla

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plagen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɑː/

Verb

pla (present pla, present participle plaende, past participle gepla)

1. to tease

Boko

Etymology

From Proto-Niger-Volta *pela

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plā/

Numeral

pla

1. two

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan plan, from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare Occitan plan, French plain, Spanish llano.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpla/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -a

Adjective

pla (feminine plana, masculine plural plans, feminine plural planes)

1. flat, even, level
2. (linguistics) paroxytone, stressed on the penultimate syllable

Derived terms

• de pla

See also

• agut (“oxytone”)
• esdrúixol (“proparoxytone”)

Adverb

pla

1. enough

   Synonym: prou

Derived terms

• ara pla
• parlar pla

Noun

pla m (plural plans)

1. plan
2. plane, level

References

• “pla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “pla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• plȧ (obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of pódla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla/

Preposition

pla (with genitive)

1. by (near or next to)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse plaga.

Verb

pla (present tense plar, past tense pla, past participle pla, passive infinitive plaast, present participle plaande, imperative pla)

1. used to

   Eg pla jobba mykje her før i tida.

   I used to work a lot here in earlier times.

References

• “pla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pla, from Proto-Brythonic *plaɣ, from Vulgar Latin plăga, from Latin plāga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

pla m (plural plâu)

1. plague, pestilence

   Synonyms: haint, bad

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pla	bla	mhla	phla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.