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Lithuanian
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-no-, from *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Latvian plans (“flat, even, thin, weak”); outside of Baltic, compare especially Latin plānus (“level, flat”).[1]
Adjective
plónas m (feminine plonà) stress pattern 3
- thin, slender, fine
- (of a voice) high
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of plonas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of plonas
Etymology 2
Like Etymology 1, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Cognate with Latvian plans (“floor, threshing floor”), Old Prussian plonis (“threshing floor”); outside of Baltic, compare especially Old Norse flórr (“floor of a cowshed”).[2]
Noun
plónas m (plural plónai) stress pattern 1
- (dialectal) floor, threshing floor
Declension
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plonas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plonas II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367