paljas

From Dutch paljas, from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio, from Latin palea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpal.jas/, [ˈpɐl.jɐs], [ˈpäl.jäs]

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paljas (plural paljasse, diminutive paljassie)

1. jester, fool; clown

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑl.jɑs/

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• Hyphenation: pal‧jas

Borrowed from French paillasse, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin palea.

paljas m (plural paljassen, diminutive paljasje n)

1. a sack of straw, a paillasse

Borrowed from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio, from Latin palea. Doublet of pias. Compare to Pierrot.

paljas m (plural paljassen, diminutive paljasje n)

1. a buffoon, a clown

   Synonyms: clown, dwaas, hansworst, pias, sul, zot

From Proto-Finnic *paljas. Cognate to Finnish paljas.

paljas (genitive palja, partitive paljast, comparative paljam, superlative kõige paljam)

1. bare, naked

From Proto-Finnic *paljas. Related to Estonian paljas, Ingrian paljas, Karelian pal’l’aš, Livonian pōļaz, Ludian paľľaz, Livvi paľľas, Veps pal'l'az and Votic palʹlʹõz. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *failijaz, but the semantic gap makes this unlikely.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑljɑs/, [ˈpɑ̝ljɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑljɑs
• Syllabification^(key): pal‧jas
• Hyphenation^(key): pal‧jas

paljas (comparative paljaampi, superlative paljain)

1. naked, unaided, unprotected
2. naked, unclothed, bare

   paljain päin ― bareheaded

   paljain jaloin ― barefoot

3. bare, undecorated
4. bare, naked (having had what usually covers something removed)
5. bare, exposed
6. bare, barren; without vegetation, etc.
7. bare, not covered in snow
8. sheer, pure, plain, mere

   Synonym: pelkkä

9. blank, clear

   Synonym: tyhjä

• peljätä (“to fear”)

• “paljas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

From Proto-Finnic *paljas. Cognates include Finnish paljas and Estonian paljas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑljɑs/, [ˈpɑlʲːəz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑljɑs/, [ˈpɑlʲjɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑljɑs
• Hyphenation: pal‧jas

paljas (comparative paljaamp)

1. naked
2. bare
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 71:

     Lopputalveel tihtii puuttuu olemaa steepiis paljas jää, gololeditsa, koko steeppi kattiijaa jääkerrokseel.

     In late winter there appears to be bare ice in the steppe, black ice, the whole steppe gets covered with a layer of ice.

3. leafless

• (naked): alastoin, paljakas
• (bare): paljakas
• (leafless): lehetöin

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 379