plas

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (to tear, rend). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (to burst, crack), Latvian plêst (to tear) and perhaps German platzen (to blow, explode).

Verb

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plas (aorist plasa, participle plasur)

  1. to crack, burst, break through
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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English flash.

Noun

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plas

  1. flash

Verb

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plas

  1. (photography) to flash

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English flush.

Verb

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plas

  1. to flush

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (more).

Noun

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plas

  1. addition
  2. (arithmetic) a plus sign: +

Verb

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plas

  1. to add

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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plas

  1. genitive plural of plasa

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /plɑs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: plas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (puddle, splash). Probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

Noun

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plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)

  1. a body of still water, pool
    De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.
    The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.
  2. puddle
    Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.
    He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.
  3. (often diminutive) an act of urinating, or its result
    Hij deed een grote plas.
    He urinated extensively.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: plas
  • Papiamentu: plas

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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plas

  1. inflection of plassen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French place.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plas

  1. place, space
  2. position, job
  3. plaza, square
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Middle English

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Noun

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plas

  1. Alternative form of place

Spanish

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Interjection

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plas

  1. wham!, whack!
    Synonym: plaf
  2. down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Old French place.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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plas m (plural plasau)

  1. mansion
  2. palace
  3. hall

Synonyms

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See also

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of plas
radical soft nasal aspirate
plas blas mhlas phlas

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

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Hmong *ploŋᴰ (owl).[1]

Noun

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plas (classifier: tus)

  1. owl (bird)
    Plas muaj qhov muag loj.The owl has big eyes.

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Somewhat resembles Old Chinese (OC *ben, *beŋ, “even, flat”), particular with the Baxter-Sagart reconstruction of *m-breŋ.”

Classifier

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plas

  1. classifier for a wide expanse or large area
    plas hav zoov lausa jungle
    ib plag tebone large field
    ib plag hluav tawsa large expanse of fire

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 248.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.