Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-, from *pleh₂- (flat). Cognate with Latvian plans (flat, even, thin, weak); outside of Baltic, compare especially Latin plānus (level, flat).[1]

Adjective

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plónas m (feminine plonà) stress pattern 3

  1. thin, slender, fine
  2. (of a voice) high
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Etymology 2

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Like Etymology 1, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat). Cognate with Latvian plans (floor, threshing floor), Old Prussian plonis (threshing floor); outside of Baltic, compare especially Old Norse flórr (floor of a cowshed).[2]

Noun

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plónas m (plural plónai) stress pattern 1

  1. (dialectal) floor, threshing floor
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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plonas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plonas II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367