[plɛˈtɤ]
OriginInherited from Old Church Slavonic плести (plesti), from Proto-Slavic *plesti.
- transitiveto knit, to plait, to crochet (a garment, a cloth, a piece of textile)
- transitiveto braid, to entwist, to intertwine (a knitting pattern)
- transitiveto twist (a rope), to net (a web), to weave (a woven basket)
- figuratively, transitiveto concoct, to make up, to plot (intrigues, schemes, made-up stories)
“плета сплетни” — to concoct plots
- intransitiveto braid, to tress, to weave
“плета в ъгъла” — to be knitting [while sitting] in the corner
- dialectal, figuratively, intransitiveto roam, to wander around, to mess around
- reflexiveto knit, to plait for oneself
“плета си нова шапка” — to knit a new hat for oneself
- figuratively, reflexiveto jumble, to twist one's tongue
- reflexiveto entangle, to snarl (of vegetation, threads, in 3p.)
- reflexiveto get complicated, to botch up (of plan, process, in 3p.)
Formsплета́ first-singular present indicative or(canonical, imperfective) · pletá(romanization) · плетя́щ(active, indefinite, masculine, participle, present) · плел(active, aorist, indefinite, masculine, participle, past) · плетя́л(active, imperfect, indefinite, masculine, participle, past) · пле́тен(indefinite, masculine, participle, passive, past) · плете́йки(adverbial, indefinite, masculine, participle) · плетя́щият(active, definite, masculine, participle, present, subjective) · пле́лият(active, aorist, definite, masculine, participle, past, subjective) · -(active, definite, imperfect, masculine, participle, past, subjective) · пле́теният(definite, masculine, participle, passive, past, subjective) · плете́йки(adverbial, definite, masculine, participle, subjective) · плетя́щия(active, definite, masculine, objective, participle, present) · пле́лия(active, aorist, definite, masculine, objective, participle, past) · -(active, definite, imperfect, masculine, objective, participle, past) · пле́тения(definite, masculine, objective, participle, passive, past) · плете́йки(adverbial, definite, masculine, objective, participle) · плетя́ща(active, feminine, indefinite, participle, present) · пле́ла(active, aorist, feminine, indefinite, participle, past) · плетя́ла(active, feminine, imperfect, indefinite, participle, past)