pleie
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pleie
- Alternative form of pleye
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Low German plegen and Old Norse plega.
Noun[edit]
pleie f or m (definite singular pleia or pleien, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
pleie (imperative plei, present tense pleier, passive pleies, simple past pleia or pleiet or pleide, past participle pleia or pleiet or pleid, present participle pleiende)
- to nurse, care for, look after, take care of (someone)
- to cultivate (e.g. friendships, interests)
Derived terms[edit]
- pleier (noun)
Verb[edit]
pleie (imperative plei, present tense pleier, passive pleies, simple past pleide, past participle pleid)
- to be in the habit of, to be used (å gjøre noe / to doing something)
- han pleier å gjøre det - he usually does that
References[edit]
- “pleie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Low German plegen and Old Norse plega.
Noun[edit]
pleie f (definite singular pleia, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- pleiar (noun)
Verb[edit]
pleie (present tense pleier, past tense pleidde, past participle pleitt/pleidd, passive infinitive pleiast, present participle pleiande, imperative plei)
- Alternative form of pla (“to use, be in habit”)
Verb[edit]
pleie (present tense pleier, past tense pleidde, past participle pleitt/pleidd, passive infinitive pleiast, present participle pleiande, imperative plei)
- Alternative form of pleia (“to nurse”)
References[edit]
- “pleie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
pleie oblique singular, f (oblique plural pleies, nominative singular pleie, nominative plural pleies)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of plaie
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Anglo-Norman