different between plag vs plyg

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /plæd?/
• Rhymes: -æd?

Noun

plag

1. (mineralogy, informal) plagioclase feldspar

Anagrams

• GPAL, LPGA, galp

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pla??/, [p?læj?]

Verb

plag

1. imperative of plage

Dutch

Alternative forms

• plagge

Etymology

From Middle Dutch plagge (“cloth, rag; sod”). Related to Swedish plagg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?x/
• Hyphenation: plag
• Rhymes: -?x

Noun

plag f (plural plaggen, diminutive plagje n)

1. A cut-out sod, an excavated flat piece of top soil grown with grasses or heath; in the past used as fuel or roof covering.
2. A flat, excavated piece of peat.
3. (archaic) A cloth, a rag.

Derived terms

• plaggen
• plaggenhut

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

plag

1. singular imperative of plagen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of plagen

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

plag

1. imperative of plage

Tok Pisin

Noun

plag

1. flag

English

Noun

plyg (plural plygs)

1. Alternative spelling of plig

   Members of the fundamentalist plyg movement are "Mormon" but are not LDS.

   The schoolgirl drew stares from outsiders because of her long pastel dress and upswept hairdo, and her brother once got into a fistfight with a group of Gentile and LDS boys who had been taunting him and his sister, calling them "plygs".

Welsh

Etymology

Back-formation from plygu (“to bend; to fold, to crease”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /pl???/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pli??/

Noun

plyg m (plural plygion)

1. bend, curve
2. fold, crease

Derived terms

• plygell (“folder”)

Adjective

plyg (feminine singular plyg, plural plyg, equative cyn blyg, comparative mwy plyg, superlative mwyaf plyg)

1. bent
2. folded, creased

Derived terms

Verb

plyg

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of plygu

Mutation