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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, пла́вам (plávam, “to float”) + -ун (-un). Doublet of плау́н (plaún) (Russian borrowing).
Pronunciation
Noun
плаву́н • (plavún) m (dialectal, obsolete)
- buoyant, floaty object
Noun
плаву́н • (plavún) m
- Alternative form of плау́н (plaún, “club moss”)
Declension
- пла́вник (plávnik, “flipper”)
- пла́вка (plávka, “duck, aquatic fowl”) (colloquial)
- плаво́т (plavót, “alluvium”) (obsolete)
- плу́та (plúta, “aquatic vegetation, waterlily”) (dialectal)
References
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плавун”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 290