# плющя
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Heterogenous:
* Durative-iterative of onomatopoeia плю́сък (pljúsǎk, “splash, slap”) +‎ -я (-ja), from Proto-Slavic *pľuskъ. Parallel to плю́кам (pljúkam), плю́гам (pljúgam), плю́сам (pljúsam), пля́скам (pljáskam), пле́щя (pléštja) from similar onomatopoeias.
* Causative of плю́ска (pljúska, “swelling, bulging”) +‎ -я (-ja), from Proto-Slavic *pľuska < Proto-Balto-Slavic *pljauskāˀ (whence Lithuanian pliaũskė (“billet, chump”)).
* Possibly from a sk-inchoative derivative of Proto-Balto-Slavic *pjáuˀtei (“to chop, to hack”) with expressive sense, akin to Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut”), Latvian pļaut (“to reap, to mow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [plʲo̟ʃˈtʲɤ̟]
* IPA: [ˈplʲu̟ʃtʲɐ]

### Verb

плющя́ or плю́щя • (pljuštjá or pljúštja) first-singular present indicative, impf
* (intransitive) to crackle, to fizzle (to make blunt popping noise)
    Synonyms: пу́кам (púkam), тра́кам (trákam), пращя́ (praštjá), щра́кам (štrákam)
    ня́кому уши́те плющя́т (phraseologism) ― njákomu ušíte pljuštját ― [to do something so energetically, as to cause] one's ears to fizzle
* (intransitive) to rage, to bellow (of rain or storm)
    Synonyms: трещя́ (treštjá), бушу́вам (bušúvam)
    → (poetic, figurative) to gust, to blast, to thunder (intransitive or reflexive)
       ку́ршуми летя́т, то́пове (се) плющя́т (poetic description of battle) ― kúršumi letját, tópove (se) pljuštját ― bullets fly, cannons blast
* (transitive, intransitive) to flap, to flutter, to clap
    Synonyms: пля́скам (pljáskam), шля́пам (šljápam)
* (transitive, expressive) to smack, to spank, to slap (someone); to thwack, to smite (on something)
    Synonyms: у́дрям (údrjam), пра́скам (práskam), тря́свам (trjásvam), лю́скам (ljúskam)
    плю́щя ня́кому шама́р ― pljúštja njákomu šamár ― to give someone a spank

#### Usage notes

Gerov's dictionary gives the intransitive and the transitive meanings separately (probably still distinguished during his time). In the modern language, the two have merged.

#### Conjugation

or
$^1$Dialectally marked.

#### Derived terms

* заплю́щя́ pf (zapljúštjá), заплющя́вам impf (zapljuštjávam)
* изплю́щя́ pf (izpljúštjá), изплющя́вам impf (izpljuštjávam)
* наплю́щя́ pf (napljúštjá), наплющя́вам impf (napljuštjávam) (dialectal)
* разплю́щя́ pf (razpljúštjá), разплющя́вам impf (razpljuštjávam)

#### Related terms

* плю́кам (pljúkam, “to crackle”)
* плю́сам (pljúsam, “to clap”)
* плю́скам impf (pljúskam), плю́свам impf (pljúsvam), плю́сна pf (pljúsna, “to gobble; to spank”)
* пльо́свам се (pljósvam se, “to flap down”)
* плющ (pljušt, “ivy, common hop”) (dialectal)

### References

* “плющя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “плющя”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плюскам, плюсна, плющя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 381
* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “плю́щѭ, -ишь; -щи́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 49
* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “плющѭ́, -и́шь; -щѣ́лъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 49