плита

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic плита (plita), плифа (plifa), пленьфа (plenĭfa), плинта (plinta), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πλίνθος f (plínthos), with original reference to a four-sided stone ground in an ordinary Russian house set up as a fire-place; compare Latin tēgula and German Kachel for the semantic development. Doublet of пли́нтус (plíntus) and пли́нфа (plínfa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [plʲɪˈta]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

плита́ • (plitáf inan (genitive плиты́, nominative plural пли́ты, genitive plural плит, diminutive пли́тка)

  1. stove
  2. hot plate
  3. plate (shape)
  4. slab

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: plitə, pilətə
  • Estonian: pliit
  • German: Pliete
  • Votic: pliittõ
  • Yup'ik: pelit'aaq

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плита”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “плита”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 33
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “плита”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “плита”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
  • Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “плита”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 306
  • Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “плита”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2: (Начать – Я), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 139

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic плита (plita), плифа (plifa), пленьфа (plenĭfa), плинта (plinta), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πλίνθος f (plínthos), with original reference to a four-sided stone ground set up as a fireplace; compare Latin tēgula and German Kachel for the semantic development. Doublet of плі́нтус (plíntus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɫeˈta]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

плита́ • (plytáf inan (genitive плити́, nominative plural пли́ти, genitive plural плит)

  1. plate, slab (large, flat piece of solid material)
    бето́нна плита́betónna plytáconcrete slab
    кам'яна́ плита́kamʺjaná plytástone slab
    моги́льна плита́mohýlʹna plytágravestone, tombstone
    надгро́бна плита́nadhróbna plytágravestone, tombstone
    чаву́нна плита́čavúnna plytácast-iron plate
  2. cooker (UK), stove (US), range
    кухо́нна плита́kuxónna plytácooker, kitchen stove, kitchen range
  3. (geology) plate
    літосфе́рна плита́litosférna plytátectonic plate (literally, “lithospheric plate”)
    тектоні́чна плита́tektoníčna plytátectonic plate

Declension

Declension of плита́
(inan hard fem-form accent-d)
singular plural
nominative плита́
plytá
пли́ти
plýty
genitive плити́
plytý
плит
plyt
dative плиті́
plytí
пли́там
plýtam
accusative плиту́
plytú
пли́ти
plýty
instrumental плито́ю
plytóju
пли́тами
plýtamy
locative плиті́
plytí
пли́тах
plýtax
vocative пли́то
plýto
пли́ти
plýty

Derived terms

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