samanos

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Noun

sãmanos f pl

1. (plural only) moss, bryophyte

Declension

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Derived terms

• samanótas