pliesť

See also: pliest

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plesti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʎi̯esc]

Verb

pliesť impf (perfective upliesť)

1. to braid, to plait
2. to knit
3. to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of pliesť (imperfective; class III, pattern niesť)

infinitive			pliesť
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		pletiem	pletieš	pletie	pletieme	pletiete	pletú
past	masculine	plietol som	plietol si	plietol	plietli sme	plietli ste	plietli
	feminine	plietla som	plietla si	plietla
	neuter	plietlo som	plietlo si	plietlo
past perfect	masculine	bol som plietol	bol si plietol	bol plietol	boli sme plietli	boli ste plietli	boli plietli
	feminine	bola som plietla	bola si plietla	bola plietla
	neuter	bolo som plietlo	bolo si plietlo	bolo plietlo
future		budem pliesť	budeš pliesť	bude pliesť	budeme pliesť	budete pliesť	budú pliesť
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	plietol by som	plietol by si	plietol by	plietli by sme	plietli by ste	plietli by
	feminine	plietla by som	plietla by si	plietla by
	neuter	plietlo by som	plietlo by si	plietlo by
past	masculine	bol by som plietol	bol by si plietol	bol by plietol	boli by sme plietli	boli by ste plietli	boli by plietli
	feminine	bola by som plietla	bola by si plietla	bola by plietla
	neuter	bolo by som plietlo	bolo by si plietlo	bolo by plietlo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	pleť	—	pleťme	pleťte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		pletúci	—	pletený	plietol, plietla, plietlo, plietli	pletúc	pletenie

Further reading

• “pliesť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025