плещя

Etymology 1
Of onomatopoeic/expressive origin, analogous to, , ,. Probably developed via semantic shift from Etymology 1 in analogy with various onomatopoeic roots in -щя. Gerov lists the two semantic kernels together, giving preference to the pronunciation and conjugation of Etymology 2.

Verb

 * 1)  to chatter, to blather, to prattle nonsense to talk in incomprehensive or overconvoluted way
 * 2)  to chit-chat, to jibber-jabber to conduct meaningless or futile discussion
 * 3)  to be prattled, to be said (for nonsense or futile arguments)
 * 1)  to be prattled, to be said (for nonsense or futile arguments)
 * 1)  to be prattled, to be said (for nonsense or futile arguments)

Etymology 2
Merger of (cf. 🇨🇬) and / (cf. 🇨🇬).

Verb

 * 1)  to flatten, to compress
 * 2)  to smear, to spread flat onto a surface
 * 3)  to clap, to tap, to thump, to spank
 * 4)  to strike, to thwack, to hit
 * 1)  to clap, to tap, to thump, to spank
 * 2)  to strike, to thwack, to hit
 * 1)  to strike, to thwack, to hit
 * 1)  to strike, to thwack, to hit
 * 1)  to strike, to thwack, to hit
 * 1)  to strike, to thwack, to hit

Conjugation
Originally (nowadays dialectal or obsolete):

More recently: