plai
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]plai
- alternative form of pleye
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]plai
- alternative form of ple
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *plagium, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios). Compare Albanian pllajë. Compare Latin plagia, whence came Italian spiaggia / piaggia, French plage (and the borrowed Romanian doublet of plajă (“beach”)), Spanish playa, Portuguese praia.
Noun
[edit]plai n (plural plaiuri or (archaic) plaie)
- plateau; flat raised area or expanse of terrain
- a road or path along a mountain or beside it
- region
- (archaic) an administrative division of a region or county
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | plai | plaiul | plaiuri | plaiurile | |
| genitive-dative | plai | plaiului | plaiuri | plaiurilor | |
| vocative | plaiule | plaiurilor | |||
Western Cham
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Eastern Cham palei.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]plai
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