βάλτος

Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (“white”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Romanian baltă (“mud, swamp”) and Albanian baltë (“mud”). Often considered an Illyrian substratum word.

Noun

βάλτος • (váltos) m (plural βάλτοι)

  1. swamp, quagmire, bog

Declension

Declension of βάλτος
singular plural
nominative βάλτος (váltos) βάλτοι (váltoi)
genitive βάλτου (váltou) βάλτων (válton)
accusative βάλτο (válto) βάλτους (váltous)
vocative βάλτε (válte) βάλτοι (váltoi)

Synonyms

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