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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plaxъta (“cloth, sheet, blanket, canopy”). Cognate with Slovene plȃhta (“blanket”), Ukrainian пла́хта (pláxta, “checkered fabric”), Czech plachta (“sail, canvas, cover”), Polish płachta (“row”), Upper Sorbian płachta (“sheet”), Lower Sorbian płachta (“sheet”), Polabian plóchtă (“handkerchief, tablecloth, sheet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
plȁhta f (Cyrillic spelling пла̏хта)
- (regional, chiefly Croatia) bedsheet
- Synonym: čaršaf
Declension
Further reading
- “plahta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024