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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
plaosg, a husk, shell, Manx pleayse, Ir. plaosg, W. plisg (pl.), Br. pluskenn. This Ernault considers borrowed from Romance - Fr. peluche, shag, plush, Eng. plush, from Lat. *pilucius, hairy, pilus, hair: an unlikely derivation. Seemingly blaosg is another form (Manx bleayst, M. Ir. blaesc, W. blisg): *bhloid-sko-, root bhlōi, bhlē, bhel, swell, etc.; Gr. φλοιός (*βχλοvιο-?), bark, shell, φλέδων, bladder.
plàsd, a plaster, Ir. plasdruighim; from the Eng.
plàt, a sort of cloth made of straw; from Sc. plat, plait, Eng. plait. M'A. has the meaning "thrust, clap on", from Sc. plat, a stroke to the ground, blow with the fist, M. Eng. platten, strike, throw down, Ag. S. plaettan.
plath, pladh, a flash, glance, puff of wind; from *svḷ-, root svel of solus?
pleadhag, a dibble, paddle; also bleaghan, spleadhan, q.v.
pleadhart, a buffet, blow; from pailleart?
pleasg, a noise, crack, Ir. pléasg (pleasg Lh.) - an Ir. word (M'A.), Ir. pleasgan or pléascán, noise: cf. Sc. pleesk, plesk, plash, pleesh-plash, dabbling in water or mud.
pleasg, a string of beads:
pleat, a plait; from Sc. plett, Eng. plait.
pleigh, quarrel, fight, Ir. pléidh, debate; Sc. pley, quarrel, debate, all from M. Eng. pleie, plege, Ag. S. plega, game, fight, Eng. play.
pleoisg, plodhaisg, a booby, simpleton; cf. W. bloesg, a stammerer (mlaisqo-), Skr. mlecchati, talk barbarously, mleccha, foreigner, Lat. blaesus, Gr. βλαισός.
pleòdar, pewter; from Eng. spelter, with leaning on peòdar.
pliad (H.S.D., Dial.), a plot of ground; of Scandinavian origin - Swed plaetti, a plot of ground, Eng. plot, plat (Dr Cameron).
pliadach, flat, as of foot (Carm.):
pliadh, a splay foot; from Eng. splay.
pliaram, babbling (H.S.D.); for *bliaram; see blialum, from Sc. blellum.
plionas, a hypocritical smile (Wh.):
pliotair (pliodaire, M'A.), a fawner, cajoler; cf. Ir. pleadail, pleading; from Eng. plead.
pliut, a clumsy foot; cf. Sc. ploots, the feet when bare (Shet.), plootsacks, feet. Hence pliutach, a seal. See spliut.
ploc, a roud mass, clod, block (rare), Ir. bloc, a block, W. ploc, block, plug, Br. bloc'h, block, mass: Gadelic and W. are from Eng. block, from Fr. bloc, of German origin - Ger. block, clod, lump, from the root of Eng. balk.
