plear

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English play. Decision no. 1285, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pleˈar/

Verb

plear (present pleas, past pleis, future pleos, conditional pleus, imperative pleez)

1. (transitive) to play (a musical instrument, a role in a play, etc.)

   Me povas plear plura kansoni per piano. ― I can play several songs on piano.

   Qua rolon pleas vu en la nova filmo? ― What role do you play in the new movie?

Conjugation

Conjugation of plear

		present		past		future
infinitive		plear		pleir		pleor
tense		pleas		pleis		pleos
conditional		pleus		—		—
imperative		pleez		—		—
adjective active participle		pleanta		pleinta		pleonta
adverbial active participle		pleante		pleinte		pleonte
nominal active participle	singular	pleanto		pleinto		pleonto
	plural	pleanti		pleinti		pleonti
adjective passive participle		pleata		pleita		pleota
adverbial passive participle		pleate		pleite		pleote
nominal passive participle	singular	pleato		pleito		pleoto
	plural	pleati		pleiti		pleoti

Derived terms

• pleachar (“to strum, thrum ((violin)”)
• alto-pleisto (“a viola player”)
• kosho-pleisto (“chimer”)

See also

• ludar (“to play (games, etc.)”)

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 35, 411
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 66
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 72

Latin

Verb

plear

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of pleō