# plas
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *platśi-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate to Lithuanian plė́šti (“to burst, crack”), Latvian plêst (“to tear”) and perhaps German platzen (“to blow, explode”).

### Verb

plas (aorist plasa, participle plasur)
* to crack, burst, break through

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Related terms

* pëlcas
* plasë
* ples

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Cebuano) IPA: /pl̪as̪/
* Rhymes: -as̪

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English flash.

#### Noun

plas
* flash

#### Verb

plas
* (photography) to flash

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English flush.

#### Verb

plas
* to flush

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English plus, from Latin plus (“more”).

#### Noun

plas
* addition
* (arithmetic) a plus sign: +

#### Verb

plas
* to add

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈplas]

### Noun

plas
* genitive plural of plasa

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: plas
* Rhymes: -ɑs

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch plas, plasch. Cognate with English plash (“puddle, splash”). Probably an imitation of slapping a surface of water.

#### Noun

plas m (plural plassen, diminutive plasje n)
* a body of still water, pool
    De plassen in deze streek zijn het gevolg van turfwinning.The pools in this region result from the excavation of peat.
* puddle
    Om de plas bloed heen liep hij naar het raam.He walked around the puddle of blood towards the window.
* (often diminutive) an act of urinating, or its result
    Hij deed een grote plas.He urinated extensively.

##### Derived terms

* plas-dras

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: plas
* → Papiamentu: plas

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

plas
* inflection of plassen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* slap

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French place.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plas/

### Noun

plas
* place, space
* position, job
* plaza, square

#### Related terms

* plase (“to place”)

## Middle English
### Noun

plas
* Alternative form of place

## Spanish
### Interjection

plas
* wham!, whack!
    Synonym: plaf
* down! (command given to a dog or other kind of pet)

#### Derived terms

* plis plas

### Further reading

* “plas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Old French place.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plaːs/
* Rhymes: -aːs

### Noun

plas m (plural plasau)
* mansion
* palace
* hall

#### Synonyms

* plasty

#### See also

* palas

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “plas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## White Hmong
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pˡa˩/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *ploŋᴰ (“owl”).

#### Noun

plas (classifier: tus)
* owl (bird)
    Plas muaj qhov muag loj. ― The owl has big eyes.

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Ratliff at all. Somewhat resembles Old Chinese 平 (OC *ben, *beŋ, “even, flat”), particular with the Baxter-Sagart reconstruction of *m-breŋ.”

#### Classifier

plas
* classifier for a wide expanse or large area
    plas hav zoov laus ― a jungle
    ib plag teb ― one large field
    ib plag hluav taws ― a large expanse of fire

### References

* Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 248.
* ↑ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 281.