Old English · noun

plætt

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /plætt/
[plæt]
Syllables: plætt (1 syllable)
Modern English: pat plat slap smack sounding blow

Meaning

a slap; smack; a sounding blow

Declension

Declension of plætt
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plætt	plættas
Accusative	plætt	plættas
Genitive	plættes	plætta
Dative	plætte	plættum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *platt, from Proto-Germanic *plat- (“to slap, strike, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *blod- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plat (“blow, smack, slap”), Middle Low German plat (“a smack”), Middle High German blaz, plaz (“a smack, blow”).

Descendants

pat, plat

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