plahta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plaxъta (cloth, sheet, blanket, canopy). Cognate with Slovene plȃhta (blanket), Ukrainian пла́хта (pláxta, checkered fabric), Czech plachta (sail, canvas, cover), Polish płachta (row), Upper Sorbian płachta (sheet), Lower Sorbian płachta (sheet), Polabian plóchtă (handkerchief, tablecloth, sheet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plâxta/

Noun

plȁhta f (Cyrillic spelling пла̏хта)

  1. (regional, chiefly Croatia) bedsheet
    Synonym: čaršaf

Declension

Declension of plahta
singular plural
nominative plahta plahte
genitive plahte plahta
dative plahti plahtama
accusative plahtu plahte
vocative plahto plahte
locative plahti plahtama
instrumental plahtom plahtama

Further reading

  • plahta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025