plai
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English pleġa.
Noun
editplai
- Alternative form of pleye
Etymology 2
editFrom Old French plait, plaid.
Noun
editplai
- Alternative form of ple
Romanian
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *plagium, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios). Compare Albanian pllajë. Compare Latin plagia, whence came Italian spiaggia / piaggia, French plage (and the borrowed Romanian doublet of plajă (“beach”)), Spanish playa, Portuguese praia.
Noun
editplai n (plural plaiuri or (archaic) plaie)
- plateau; flat raised area or expanse of terrain
- a road or path along a mountain or beside it
- region
- (archaic) an administrative division of a region or county
Declension
editDeclension of plai
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) plai | plaiul | (niște) plaiuri | plaiurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) plai | plaiului | (unor) plaiuri | plaiurilor |
| vocative | plaiule | plaiurilor | ||
Western Cham
editEtymology
editCognate with Eastern Cham palei.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editplai
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