plesen

See also: pleseň and plěseń

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French plere, from its conjugated forms plese, pleses, from Latin placeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛːzən/

Verb

plesen

1. to please

Conjugation

Conjugation of plesen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) plesen, plese
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	plese	plesed
2nd-person singular	plesest	plesedest
3rd-person singular	pleseth	plesed
subjunctive singular	plese
imperative singular		—
plural1	plesen, plese	pleseden, plesede
imperative plural	pleseth, plese	—
participles	plesynge, plesende	plesed, yplesed

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: please
• Yola: plaase

References

• “plēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plěsnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pléːsən/

Noun

plẹ̑sən f

1. mold

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem
nom. sing.	plésen
gen. sing.	plésni
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	plésen	plésni	plésni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	plésni	plésni	plésni
dative (dajȃlnik)	plésni	plésnima	plésnim
accusative (tožȋlnik)	plésen	plésni	plésni
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	plésni	plésnih	plésnih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	plésnijo	plésnima	plésnimi

Further reading

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