masculine
plava plavaka &c. See col. 2.
floating; a raft
Plava see pilava.
【陽】 浮子，筏。~na,【中】 跳躍，浮子。
plava a. [ plu-ac ] 1 Swimming, floating. 2 Jumping, leaping. 3 Ved. Superior, excellent. — vaH 1 Swimming, floating. 2 Flood, swelling of a river. 3 A jump, leap. 4 A raft, float, canoe, small boat; nASayecca SanEH paScAtplavaM salilapUravat Pt. 2. 38 ; sarvaM jYAnaplavenEva vfjinaM saMtarizyasi Bg. 4. 36 ; Ms. 4. 194 ; 11. 19 ; Ve. 3. 25. 5 A frog. 6 A monkey. 7 A declivity, slope. 8 An enemy. 9 A sheep. 10 A man of a low tribe; a Cāṇḍāla. 11 A net or snare for catching fish. 12 The fig-tree. 13 The Kāraṇḍava bird, a kind of duck. 14 Five or more stanzas syntactically connected. (= kulaka q. v. ) 15 The prolated utterance of a vowel. 16 Returning, return. 17 Urging on, inciting. Comp. — gaH 1 a monkey; R. 12. 70. 2 ( pb ) a frog. 3 an aquatic bird, the diver. 4 the tree SirIza . 5 N. of the sun's charioteer. — (gA) the sign of the zodiac called Virgo . — gatiH a frog.
(masc, masc, from plavati) raft; float floating, raft Construction: √plu > plav + *a