different between plig vs plyg

English

Alternative forms

• plyg

Etymology

Condensed pronunciation of the first two syllables of polygamist, in reference to the Mormon practice (which has been discontinued by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) of polygamy (plural marriage).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

plig (plural pligs)

1. (slang, derogatory) A polygamist.
2. (slang, offensive) A fundamentalist Mormon.

Anagrams

• glip

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