Latvian

Noun

pļāpa m, f (4th declension)

1. chatty person, chatterbox

   pļāpa un muļķis dzīvē allaž iet blakām‎ ― the chatterbox and the fool often go side by side in life

   Dartfordā notikušajās pļāpu sacensībās kāds Šihins neaizvēra muti 133 stundas!‎ ― in a tournament of chatty people that happened in Dartford a certain Šihins did not close (his) mouth (for) 133 hours!

Declension

Usage notes

The term pļāpa is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is pļāpam when it refers to a male and pļāpai when it refers to a female.

Related terms

• pļāpas
• pļāpāt
• pļāpība
• pļāpīgs, pļāpīgums

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pļāpāt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7