liūnas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Connected with the toponyms Lėvuõ (a river in Lithuania) and Latvian Lêvenis, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (to wash, make wet). See also liū́tas (rainy).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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liū́nas m (plural liū́nai) stress pattern 1

  1. quagmire, morass (marshy area near a body of water)

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “liū́nas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 361