ploieiz

Old French

Alternative forms

  • pleiediz (archaic)
  • ploiëis (late)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plicātīcius, from Latin plicāre (“bend”). By surface analysis, ploiier +‎ -ëiz.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /plejəˈðits/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /plojəˈits/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ploj(ə)ˈis/

Adjective

ploieiz m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ploieize)

  1. flexible

Noun

ploieiz oblique singular, m (oblique plural ploieiz, nominative singular ploieiz, nominative plural ploieiz)

  1. hurdle, entanglement, wickerwork

References

  • Malkiel, Yakov. 1968. The Old French verbal abstracts in -ëiz. Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie 102. 33.
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