plaz

See also: Plaz, pláž, płaz, and plaż

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplas]
• Rhymes: -as

Etymology 1

Deverbal from plazit.

Noun

plaz m anim

1. reptile

Declension

Declension of plaz (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	plaz	plazi
genitive	plaza	plazů
dative	plazovi, plazu	plazům
accusative	plaza	plazy
vocative	plaze	plazi
locative	plazovi, plazu	plazech
instrumental	plazem	plazy

Related terms

• plazit
• plazí

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

plaz

1. second-person singular imperative of plazit

Further reading

• plaz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• plaz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• plaz in Internetová jazyková příručka

Romansch

Alternative forms

• plazza (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin platēa.

Noun

plaz m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) place, square

Slovene

Alternative forms

• plas (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

Gerund of plaziti, from Proto-Slavic *pőlziti, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pláːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs
• Hyphenation: plaz

Noun

plȃz m inan

1. (geology) avalanche
2. (geology) slide (a small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure)
3. settled material after an avalanche^[→SSKJ]

   Synonym: plazovina

4. (by extension) avalanche, blitz (a sudden, great, or irresistible outburst)

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	plȃz
gen. sing.	plazȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	plȃz	plazȏva	plazȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	plazȗ	plazóv	plazóv
dative dajȃlnik	plȃzu, plȃzi	plazȏvoma, plazȏvama	plazȏvom, plȃzȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	plȃz	plazȏva	plazȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	plȃzu, plȃzi	plazȏvih	plazȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	plȃzom	plazȏvoma, plazȏvama	plazȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	plȃz	plazȏva	plazȏvi

• stylistically marked

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	plȃz
gen. sing.	plȃza
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	plȃz	plazȏva	plazȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	plȃza	plazóv	plazóv
dative dajȃlnik	plȃzu, plȃzi	plazȏvoma, plazȏvama	plazȏvom, plȃzȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	plȃz	plazȏva	plazȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	plȃzu, plȃzi	plazȏvih	plazȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	plȃzom	plazȏvoma, plazȏvama	plazȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	plȃz	plazȏva	plazȏvi

Derived terms

• mokri plaz
• plazovȋt
• plazovȋtost
• pršni plaz
• snežni plaz
• talni plaz
• zemeljski plaz

 

See also

• plaziti
• polzeti

Further reading

• “plaz”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “plaz”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references