βάλτος
Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰelH- (“white”). Cognate with Common Slavic *bolto (“swamp”), Romanian baltă (“mud, swamp”) and Albanian baltë (“mud”). Often considered an Illyrian substratum word.
Noun
βάλτος • (váltos) m (plural βάλτοι)
- swamp, quagmire, bog
Declension
declension of βάλτος
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | βάλτος • | βάλτοι • |
genitive | βάλτου • | βάλτων • |
accusative | βάλτο • | βάλτους • |
vocative | βάλτε • | βάλτοι • |
Synonyms
- έλος n (élos)
- τέλμα n (télma)