פְלוּ

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Derived from Classical Latin plūs (“more; further”), from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Italic *plēōs, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁yōs, derived from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

Cognate with Italian più, Ladin plu, Sardinian prus.

Adverb

פְלוּ (plu)

1. (with קֵי (qe /⁠che⁠/)) more (than)
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים (Nəvīʾīm, “Prophets”) (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 7, verse 26, page 3, lines 2–4:

     אֵי נוּן אִינְטֵיסֵירוֹ אַה מִי אֵי נוּן קְלֵינַארוֹ לַה רֵיקֵילַה לוּרַה אֵי אִינְדוּרִירוֹ לוּ צֵיפֵיצוֹ לוּרוֹ מַאלִינַארוֹ פְלוּ קֵי לִי פַאטֵירִי לוּרִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾe nun ʾinəṭesero ʾah mi ʾe nun qəlenaʾro lah reqelah lurah ʾe ʾinəduriro lu ṣepeṣo luro maʾlinaʾro pəlu qe li paʾteri luri

     /E nun intesero a mi, e nun clenaro la rechela lura, e induriro lu cepezzo luro; malinnaro plu che li pateri luri./

     And they did not listen to me, and did not pay attention, and became stiff-necked; they became worse than their fathers.

     (literally, “And [they] did not listen to me, and [they] did not incline the ear of theirs, and [they] hardened the neck of theirs; [they] worsened more than the fathers of theirs.”)

2. (with קֵי (qe /⁠che⁠/)) rather (than)
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[2] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 8, verse 3, page 4, lines 4–7:

     אֵי סֵירַה שֵילְטוֹ מוֹרְטַה פְלוּ קֵי וִיטַה אַה טוּטַה לַה רֵימַאנְיֵינְצִיאַה קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי דֵי לַה סְקֵילַאטַה רִיאַה קוּוֵיסְטַה אִין טוּטִי לִי לוֹקֵירִי קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי קֵי סְפֵינְטִי אַייוֹ אֵיסִי לַה דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵי צְבַאוֹת׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾe serah šeləṭo morəṭah pəlu qe viṭah ʾah ṭuṭah lah remanəyyenṣiʾah qe suno remaʾsi de lah səqelaʾṭah riʾah quvesəṭah ʾin ṭuṭi li luqeri qe suno remaʾsi qe səpinəṭi ʾayyo ʾesi lah diṭo de dumedeṯ de ṣəbāʾōṯ.

     /"E serà scelto morta plu che vita a tutta la remagnenzia che suno remasi de la schelatta ria questa, in tutti li lucheri che suno remasi, che spinti ajo essi là" ditto de Dumedeo de ṣəbāʾōṯ./

     "And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that has remained of this evil family, in all the places they remain [in], to which I have driven them", [was the] word of the Lord of Sabaoth.