ploieiz
Old French
Alternative forms
- pleiediz (archaic)
- ploiëis (late)
Pronunciation
- (archaic) IPA(key): /plejəˈðits/
- (classical) IPA(key): /plojəˈits/
- (late) IPA(key): /ploj(ə)ˈis/
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *plicātīcius, from Latin plicāre (“bend”). By surface analysis, ploiier + -ëiz.
Adjective
ploieiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular *ploiëice)
- flexible
Noun
ploieiz m (oblique plural ploieiz, nominative singular ploieiz, nominative plural ploieiz)
- hurdle, entanglement, wickerwork
References
- Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.