плоска

Bulgarian

Дървена плоска

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ploska (“flat surface”), *plosky (“flat vessel”), akin to or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“flask”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пло̏ска (“flat jug”); Czech ploska (“sole”), Slovak ploska (“sole”); dialectal Russian пло́ска (plóska, “type of flask”), Ukrainian пло́ска (plóska, “flat bottle”). Loaned into Romanian ploscă (“flat jug”). Historically also attested as y-stem: Old Church Slavonic плосква (ploskva), Old East Slavic плосковъ (ploskovŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫɔskɐ]

Noun

пло́ска • (plóska) f

1. (historical) flat pitcher, jug (resembling canteen)

   Synonyms: бъ́клица (bǎ́klica), мане́рка (manérka)

Declension

Declension of пло́ска

	singular	plural
indefinite	пло́ска plóska	пло́ски plóski
definite	пло́ската plóskata	пло́ските plóskite

Alternative forms

• пло́сква (plóskva) — obsolete

Related terms

• пло́сък (plósǎk, “flat”)
• пала́ска (paláska, “military bag”) (via Hungarian palaszk (“type of vessel”))

References

• “плоска”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плоска¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 360

Russian

Pronunciation

• плоска́: IPA^(key): [pɫɐˈska]
• пло́ска: IPA^(key): [ˈpɫoskə]

Adjective

плоска́ or пло́ска • (ploská or plóska)

1. short feminine singular of пло́ский (plóskij)