lăun

See also: laun

Romanian

Etymology

Probably linked to the verb la. Possibly from Vulgar Latin root *lavōnem (“washhouse”), from Latin lavō or with the creative suffix -un. Another less likely theory suggets Latin leōnem, from leō (see leu). See also Lăunele, the name of a river in Oltenia, Romania.

Noun

lăun m (plural lăuni)

1. whorled water-milfoil (Myriophyllum verticillatum)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lăun	lăunul		lăuni	lăunii
genitive-dative	lăun	lăunului		lăuni	lăunilor
vocative	lăunule			lăunilor