пляскам

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plěskati, of onomatopoeic origin. Equivalent to пляс (pljas) +‎ -кам (-kam).

Verb

1. (transitive) to slap, to smack

   Synonyms: шляпам (šljapam), шлакам (šlakam)

2. (intransitive) to clap, to rattle

   Synonym: хлопам (hlopam)

3. (intransitive) to splash

   Synonym: пличкам (pličkam)

4. (transitive, colloquial) to babble, to jabber, to plate, to slang

   Synonyms: бръщолевя (brǎštolevja), бърборя (bǎrborja), дърдоря (dǎrdorja)

   пляскам сръбски ― pljaskam srǎbski ― [I] slang (speak in informal way) Serbian

5. (transitive, colloquial) to spoil, to stain, to blemish

   Synonyms: оплесквам (opleskvam), цапам (capam), петня (petnja)

Alternative forms

• плескам (pleskam) (dialectal)

Derived terms

• плясканица (pljaskanica, “slapping”)
• плескавица (pleskavica, “pleskavica”)
• плескотя (pleskotja) (extended intensive form)
• ръкопляскам (rǎkopljaskam, “to clap with hands”)

Related terms

• пляс (pljas, “sound of slapping; clap, bang”)
• плесник (plesnik, “slap”)
• плясък (pljasǎk, “splash”)
• плискам (pliskam, “to splash, spray”)
• пляцикам (pljacikam, “to plash (in water)”)
• плещя (pleštja, “to babble, to jabber”)

References

• “пляскам”, 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), “пляскам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 389

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈplʲaskəm]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) пля́скам • (pljáskam) f inan pl

1. dative plural of пля́ска (pljáska)