papură

See also: papura, Papură, and păpură

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from a Vulgar Latin *papura, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papir and papirus. Compare Megleno-Romanian papră.

Noun

papură f (plural papuri)

1. rush, bulrush, club-rush, cattail, reed mace (Typha)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	papură	papura		papuri	papurile
genitive-dative	papuri	papurii		papuri	papurilor
vocative	papură, papuro			papurilor

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: папур (papur)

See also

• rogoz
• pipirig
• șovar
• stuf
• trestie