плета

See also: плетя

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic плести (plesti), from Proto-Slavic *plesti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plɛˈtɤ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): пле‧та

Verb

плета́ • (pletá) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (transitive)
   1. to knit, to plait, to crochet (a garment, a cloth, a piece of textile)
   2. to braid, to entwist, to intertwine (a knitting pattern)
   3. to twist (a rope), to net (a web), to weave (a woven basket)
   4. (figurative) to concoct, to make up, to plot (intrigues, schemes, made-up stories)

      плета сплетни ― pleta spletni ― to concoct plots

2. (intransitive)
   1. to braid, to tress, to weave

      плета в ъгъла ― pleta v ǎgǎla ― to be knitting [while sitting] in the corner

   2. (dialectal, figurative) to roam, to wander around, to mess around
3. (reflexive with си)
   1. to knit, to plait for oneself

      плета си нова шапка ― pleta si nova šapka ― to knit a new hat for oneself

   2. (figurative) to jumble, to twist one's tongue
4. (reflexive with се)
   1. to entangle, to snarl (of vegetation, threads, in 3p.)
   2. to get complicated, to botch up (of plan, process, in 3p.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of плета́ (conjugation 1.1, imperfective, transitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	плетя́щ pletjášt	плел plel	плетя́л pletjál	пле́тен pléten		плете́йки pletéjki
	definite subject form	плетя́щият pletjáštijat	пле́лият plélijat	—	пле́теният plétenijat
	definite object form	плетя́щия pletjáštija	пле́лия plélija	—	пле́тения plétenija
feminine	indefinite	плетя́ща pletjášta	пле́ла pléla	плетя́ла pletjála	пле́тена plétena
	definite	плетя́щата pletjáštata	пле́лата plélata	—	пле́тената plétenata
neuter	indefinite	плетя́що pletjášto	пле́ло plélo	плетя́ло pletjálo	пле́тено pléteno	пле́тене plétene
	definite	плетя́щото pletjáštoto	пле́лото pléloto	—	пле́теното plétenoto	пле́тенето pléteneto
plural	indefinite	плетя́щи pletjášti	пле́ли pléli	плете́ли pletéli	пле́тени pléteni	пле́тения, пле́тенета plétenija, pléteneta
	definite	плетя́щите pletjáštite	пле́лите plélite	—	пле́тените plétenite	пле́тенията, пле́тенетата plétenijata, plétenetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		плета́ pletá	плете́ш pletéš	плете́ pleté	плете́м pletém	плете́те pletéte	плета́т pletát
imperfect		плетя́х pletjáh	плете́ше pletéše	плете́ше pletéše	плетя́хме pletjáhme	плетя́хте pletjáhte	плетя́ха pletjáha
aorist		пле́тох plétoh	пле́те pléte	пле́те pléte	пле́тохме plétohme	пле́тохте plétohte	пле́тоха plétoha
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and плетя́л m, плетя́ла f, плетя́ло n, or плете́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and плетя́л m, плетя́ла f, плетя́ло n, or плете́ли pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and плетя́л m, плетя́ла f, плетя́ло n, or плете́ли pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and плел m, пле́ла f, пле́ло n, or пле́ли pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			плети́ pletí			плете́те pletéte

Derived terms

• пле́ткам (plétkam) (semelfactive)

• вплета pf (vpleta), вплитам impf (vplitam)
• доплета pf (dopleta), доплитам impf (doplitam)
• заплета pf (zapleta), заплитам impf (zaplitam)
• изплета pf (izpleta), изплитам impf (izplitam)
• надплета pf (nadpleta), надплитам impf (nadplitam)
• наплета pf (napleta), наплитам impf (naplitam)
• оплета pf (opleta), оплитам impf (oplitam)
• плет (plet), пле́тище (plétište, “hedge, fence”)
• плета́р m (pletár), плета́рка f (pletárka) (dialectal, agent nouns)
• плета́ч m (pletáč), плета́чка f (pletáčka) (agent nouns, standard)
  • плета́чен (pletáčen, “knitting”)
  • плета́чница (pletáčnica, “knitting workshop/room”)
• пле́тва (plétva, “knitting”) (dialectal)
• пле́тен (pléten, deverbal adjective)
  • пле́тени́к (pléteník, “woven grid, pattern”) (dialectal)
  • плетени́ца (pleteníca), пле́тенка (plétenka, “knitwork”)
• плетиво́ (pletivó, “knitting”) (resultant noun)
• пле́тка (plétka, “stitch, knitting pattern”)
• плетня́ (pletnjá, “knitwork”) (dialectal)
• плетуха (pletuha) (hypothetical)
  • плету́шка (pletúška, “braided ornament”)
• подплета pf (podpleta), подплитам impf (podplitam)
• поплета pf (popleta), поплитам impf (poplitam)
• преплета pf (prepleta), преплитам impf (preplitam)
• проплета pf (propleta), проплитам impf (proplitam)
• разплета pf (razpleta), разплитам impf (razplitam)
• сплета pf (spleta), сплитам impf (splitam)
• уплета pf (upleta), уплитам impf (uplitam) (dialectal)

Related terms

• плот (plot, “hedge”) (o-grade variant of плет)

References

• “плета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “плета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “плетѫ́, -е́шь; пле́тохъ; пл́елъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 342
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плета”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 342
• “плести”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

Anagrams

• лепта (lepta), палет (palet)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplɛta]
• Hyphenation: пле‧та
• Rhymes: -ɛta

Noun

плета • (pleta)

1. count plural of плет m (plet)