Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Seemingly formed as sam- + a pluralizing suffix -anos, similar to gárbanos (curls), plãskanos (frizz), strãzdanos (freckles), with further origin of the first component unknown.[1] Compare also Proto-Finnic *sammal (moss), which may be borrowed from Baltic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sãmanos f pl

  1. (plural only) moss, bryophyte

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sãmanos”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 531