plaga

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See also: plága, plagá, plagă, and plåga

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin plāga (“a blow, a welt, a stripe”). Doublet of plague.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

plaga (plural plagae)

  1. (zoology) A stripe of colour.

Related terms[edit]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plaga”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin plāga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

plaga f (plural plagues)

  1. plague
  2. jokester

Further reading[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

plaga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative plagaði, supine plagað)

  1. to bother, plague

Conjugation[edit]

plaga — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að plaga
supine
(sagnbót) 		plagað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		plagandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég plaga við plögum present
(nútíð) 		ég plagi við plögum
þú plagar þið plagið þú plagir þið plagið
hann, hún, það plagar þeir, þær, þau plaga hann, hún, það plagi þeir, þær, þau plagi
past
(þátíð) 		ég plagaði við plöguðum past
(þátíð) 		ég plagaði við plöguðum
þú plagaðir þið plöguðuð þú plagaðir þið plöguðuð
hann, hún, það plagaði þeir, þær, þau plöguðu hann, hún, það plagaði þeir, þær, þau plöguðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		plaga (þú) plagið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
plagaðu plagiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
plagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að plagast
supine
(sagnbót) 		plagast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		plagandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég plagast við plögumst present
(nútíð) 		ég plagist við plögumst
þú plagast þið plagist þú plagist þið plagist
hann, hún, það plagast þeir, þær, þau plagast hann, hún, það plagist þeir, þær, þau plagist
past
(þátíð) 		ég plagaðist við plöguðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég plagaðist við plöguðumst
þú plagaðist þið plöguðust þú plagaðist þið plöguðust
hann, hún, það plagaðist þeir, þær, þau plöguðust hann, hún, það plagaðist þeir, þær, þau plöguðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		plagast (þú) plagist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
plagastu plagisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
plagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		plagaður plöguð plagað plagaðir plagaðar plöguð
accusative
(þolfall) 		plagaðan plagaða plagað plagaða plagaðar plöguð
dative
(þágufall) 		plöguðum plagaðri plöguðu plöguðum plöguðum plöguðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		plagaðs plagaðrar plagaðs plagaðra plagaðra plagaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		plagaði plagaða plagaða plöguðu plöguðu plöguðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		plagaða plöguðu plagaða plöguðu plöguðu plöguðu
dative
(þágufall) 		plagaða plöguðu plagaða plöguðu plöguðu plöguðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		plagaða plöguðu plagaða plöguðu plöguðu plöguðu

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin plaga (“tract, region, quarter, zone”). Compare piaggia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: plà‧ga

Noun[edit]

plaga f (plural plaghe)

  1. region, district
  2. (obsolete) beach

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Related to plangō (“to strike”), from *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g-. Cognate with Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “wound”) and Albanian plojë (“slaughter; bloodletting”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

plāga f (genitive plāgae); first declension

  1. plague, misfortune
    Synonyms: malum, cruciātus, nūbēs, miseria, īnfortūnium, calamitās, cāsus, vulnus
  2. stroke, blow, cut, strike
    Synonyms: ictus, vulnus, colaphus, pulsus
  3. wound, gash, injury
    Synonyms: vulnus, noxa, incommoditās, damnum
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plāga plāgae
Genitive plāgae plāgārum
Dative plāgae plāgīs
Accusative plāgam plāgās
Ablative plāgā plāgīs
Vocative plāga plāgae
Descendants[edit]
  • Eastern Romance:
    • Aromanian: pleagã, plaghe
    • Romanian: plagă
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: chaga
      • Galician: chaga
      • Portuguese: chaga (see there for further descendants)
    • Spanish: llaga
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
Borrowings

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλάγος (plágos, “side, flank”), Old High German flah (“flat, smooth”),[2] Middle Low German vlake (“hurdle, small grid”), Old Norse flaki (“plank, canopy, shed”). More at flake.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

plaga f (genitive plagae); first declension

  2. tract, region, quarter, zone
    • (Can we date this quote?) Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in De divinatione, Book II, Chapter XIII
      Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat, caeli scrutantur plagas.
      What is before the feet, noone regards; the skies are searched in the regions.
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plaga plagae
Genitive plagae plagārum
Dative plagae plagīs
Accusative plagam plagās
Ablative plagā plagīs
Vocative plaga plagae
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“weave”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō, “braid”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

plaga f (genitive plagae); first declension

  1. hunting net, web, trap
  2. bedcurtain, curtain
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plaga plagae
Genitive plagae plagārum
Dative plagae plagīs
Accusative plagam plagās
Ablative plagā plagīs
Vocative plaga plagae
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “plaga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plaga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to inflict a death-blow: plagam extremam or mortiferam infligere
    • to inflict a mortal wound on some one: mortiferam plagam alicui infligere
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “plangō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 469-70
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 469

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(of verb)

Noun[edit]

plaga m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of plage

Verb[edit]

plaga

  1. inflection of plage:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

plaga f

  1. definite singular of plage

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin plāga. Doublet of płacz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpla.ɡa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: pla‧ga

Noun[edit]

plaga f

  1. plague
    Synonym: zaraza
  2. nuisance

Declension[edit]

Declension of plaga
singular plural
nominative plaga plagi
genitive plagi plag
dative pladze plagom
accusative plagę plagi
instrumental plagą plagami
locative pladze plagach
vocative plago plagi

Further reading[edit]

  • plaga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • plaga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaɡa/ [ˈpla.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: pla‧ga

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin plāga. Compare the inherited llaga.

Noun[edit]

plaga f (plural plagas)

  1. plague
    Synonym: peste
  2. nuisance
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

plaga

  1. inflection of plagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

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