плавун

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пла́вам (plávam, “to float”) +‎ -ун (-un). Doublet of плау́н (plaún) (Russian borrowing).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɫɐˈvun]

Noun

плаву́н • (plavún) m (dialectal, obsolete)

  1. buoyant, floaty object

Noun

плаву́н • (plavún) m

  1. Alternative form of плау́н (plaún, “club moss”)

Declension
Declension of плаву́н
singular plural
indefinite плаву́н
plavún		 плаву́ни
plavúni
definite
(subject form)		 плаву́нът
plavúnǎt		 плаву́ните
plavúnite
definite
(object form)		 плаву́на
plavúna
count form — плаву́на
plavúna
  • 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), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 290
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