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English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
Noun
plag
- (mineralogy, informal) plagioclase feldspar
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Verb
plag
- imperative of plage
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch plagge (“cloth, rag; sod”). Of uncertain ultimate origin: perhaps a pre-Germanic (but Indo-European) substrate in which the p- has not undergone Grimm's law; compare Latvian plēst (“to tear off”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *flahaną (“to skin”). Related to Swedish plagg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɑx/
- Hyphenation: plag
- Rhymes: -ɑx
Noun
plag f (plural plaggen, diminutive plagje n)
- A cut-out sod, an excavated flat piece of top soil grown with grasses or heath; in the past used as fuel or roof covering.
- A flat, excavated piece of peat.
- (archaic) A cloth, a rag.
Derived terms
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “plag”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ J. de Vries (1971), Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek, Leiden
German
Pronunciation
Verb
plag
- singular imperative of plagen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of plagen
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
plag
- imperative of plage
Tok Pisin
Noun
plag
- flag