плита

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic плита (plita), плифа (plifa), пленьфа (plenĭfa), плинта (plinta), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πλίνθος f (plínthos), with original reference to a four-sided stone ground in an ordinary Russian house set up as a fire-place; compare Latin tēgula and German Kachel for the semantic development. Doublet of пли́нтус (plíntus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [plʲɪˈta]

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Noun

плита́ • (plitá) f inan (genitive плиты́, nominative plural пли́ты, genitive plural плит)

1. stove
2. hot plate
3. plate (shape)
4. slab

Declension

Declension of плита́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 

	singular	plural
nominative	плита́ plitá	пли́ты plíty
genitive	плиты́ plitý	пли́т plít
dative	плите́ plité	пли́там plítam
accusative	плиту́ plitú	пли́ты plíty
instrumental	плито́й, плито́ю plitój, plitóju	пли́тами plítami
prepositional	плите́ plité	пли́тах plítax

Related terms

• пли́тка (plítka)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: piltə, pilətə
• → Estonian: pliit
• → German: Pliete
  • → Latvian: plīts
  • → Romanian: plită
• → Yup'ik: pelit'aaq

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic плита (plita), плифа (plifa), пленьфа (plenĭfa), плинта (plinta), a borrowing from Ancient Greek πλίνθος f (plínthos), with original reference to a four-sided stone ground set up as a fireplace; compare Latin tēgula and German Kachel for the semantic development. Doublet of плі́нтус (plíntus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɫeˈta]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

плита́ • (plytá) f inan (genitive плити́, nominative plural пли́ти, genitive plural плит)

1. plate, slab (large, flat piece of solid material)

   бето́нна плита́ ― betónna plytá ― concrete slab

   кам'яна́ плита́ ― kamʺjaná plytá ― stone slab

   моги́льна плита́ ― mohýlʹna plytá ― gravestone, tombstone

   надгро́бна плита́ ― nadhróbna plytá ― gravestone, tombstone

   чаву́нна плита́ ― čavúnna plytá ― cast-iron plate

2. cooker (UK), stove (US), range

   кухо́нна плита́ ― kuxónna plytá ― cooker, kitchen stove, kitchen range

3. (geology) plate

   літосфе́рна плита́ ― litosférna plytá ― tectonic plate (literally, “lithospheric plate”)

   тектоні́чна плита́ ― tektoníčna plytá ― tectonic plate

Declension

Declension of плита́ (inan hard fem-form accent-d)

	singular	plural
nominative	плита́ plytá	пли́ти plýty
genitive	плити́ plytý	плит plyt
dative	плиті́ plytí	пли́там plýtam
accusative	плиту́ plytú	пли́ти plýty
instrumental	плито́ю plytóju	пли́тами plýtamy
locative	плиті́ plytí	пли́тах plýtax
vocative	пли́то plýto	пли́ти plýty

Derived terms

• пли́тка f (plýtka)
• плитня́к m (plytnják)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “плита”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “плита”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “плита”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “плита”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “плита”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “плита”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)