ploieiz

Old French

Alternative forms

• pleiediz (archaic)
• ploiëis (late)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plicātīcius, from Latin plicāre (“bend”). By surface analysis, ploiier +‎ -ëiz.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /plejəˈðits/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /plojəˈits/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ploj(ə)ˈis/

Adjective

ploieiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ploieize)

1. flexible

Noun

ploieiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural ploieiz, nominative singular ploieiz, nominative plural ploieiz)

1. hurdle, entanglement, wickerwork

References

• Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.