pla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [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

Derived terms

• planura
• planúria

Related terms

• planícia

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, 2024
• “pla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cornish

Etymology

Compare Welsh pla.

Noun

pla m (plural plaow)

1. plague, pest

See also

• plag

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

Alternative forms

• pleia, pleie
• plå (Trøndelag dialect)
• plaga (Telemark dialect)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse plaga.

Verb

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

1. use 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

Mutated forms of pla

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pla	bla	mhla	phla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.