palas

See also: Palas, pálás, päläs, and pal'as

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi पलाश (palāś), from Sanskrit.

Alternative forms

Noun

palas (plural palases)

  1. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
    Synonyms: dhak, flame of the forest
    • 2005, Bhojraj Dwivedi, Environmental Vaastu, page 162:
      The Dhak or Palas is a familiar wild tree and is common throughout the greater part of India except in drier parts.
    • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
      The tea garden lay in the foothills of Bhutan and got its name from the many palash trees that stood tall among the undulating green sea of tea bushes.

Etymology 2

Noun

palas

  1. plural of pala

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧las
  • IPA(key): /paˈlas/ [paˈl̪as]

Noun

palás

  1. a type of butcher knife for slitting animal's throat

Derived terms

  • magpalas
  • palason

See also

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *palad, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaleti. Cognate with Welsh palu.

Verb

palas

  1. to dig, excavate
    Synonyms: kleudhya, kowa

Conjugation

Conjugation of palas
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
indicative present/future palav pelydh pal pelyn pelowgh palons pelir
preterite pelis pelsys palas pelsyn pelsowgh palsons palas
imperfect palen pales pala palen palewgh palens pelys
pluperfect palsen palses palsa palsen palsewgh palsens pelsys
subjunctive present/future pylliv pylli pallo pyllyn pyllowgh pallons paller
imperfect pallen palles palla pallen pallewgh pallens pyllys
imperative - pal pales pelyn palewgh palens -
non-finite forms present participle ow palas verbal adjective pelys

Derived terms

  • jynn-palas (“digger”)
  • palas yn-dann (“undermine”, verb)
  • pal (“spade”)

Mutation

Mutation of palas
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
palas balas falas unchanged unchanged unchanged

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

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-l-s
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَصَ (balaṣa).

Verb

palas I (present pkyiplos) (transitive)

  1. to press, to squash, to crush
  2. to run over

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 165

Dalmatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

palas m

  1. palace

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Ibatan

Noun

palas

  1. (anatomy) spleen

Latin

Verb

pālās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of pālō

Noun

pālās

  1. accusative plural of pāla

References

  • "palas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “palas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • pala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

palas

  1. plural of pala

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palace.

Noun

palas n (plural palasuri)

  1. luxury hotel

Declension

Declension of palas
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative palas palasul palasuri palasurile
genitive-dative palas palasului palasuri palasurilor
vocative palasule palasurilor

References

  • palas in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Noun

palas f pl

  1. plural of pala

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French palace.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈɫas/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧las

Noun

palas (definite accusative palası, plural palaslar)

  1. luxury hotel
  2. (archaic) palace
    Synonym: saray

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French palais, from Latin palātium.

Noun

palas m (plural palasau)

  1. palace

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of palas
radical soft nasal aspirate
palas balas mhalas phalas

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

Further reading

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