plasta

See also: пласта

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• plast m

Etymology

Borrowed from German Plaste, East German variant of Plastik, from English plastic, from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós, “suitable for molding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasta/

Noun

plasta f ?

1. plastic (“synthetic, thermoplastic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer; any similar synthetic material”)

Declension

Declension of plasta

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	plasta	plasće	plasty
Genitive	plasty	plastowu	plastow
Dative	plasće	plastoma	plastam
Accusative	plastu	plasće	plasty
Instrumental	plastu	plastoma	plastami
Locative	plasće	plastoma	plastach

Derived terms

• plastiski
• plastowy

Related terms

• plastika

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “plasta”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

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Spanish

Etymology

From plaste, from Greek πλαστή (plastí), from πλαστός (plastós, “artificial; false, fictitious”); from the same source as Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plastikós), whence English plastic. Compare English plastid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplasta/ [ˈplas.t̪a]

Noun

plasta f (plural plastas)

1. lump, soft mass of matter (usually soft, thick and sticky)
2. flattened object
3. plasticine, modelling clay
4. (colloquial) piece of shit; turd
5. (colloquial) annoying or stupid person
6. (colloquial) bore, dullard

Derived terms

• aplastar

Related terms

• plastilina
• plastidio

Further reading

• “plasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English plaster.

Noun

plasta

1. plaster