balast
Czech
Etymology
From German Ballast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbalast]
Noun
balast m inan
- ballast
- burden, encumbrance
Declension
Declension of balast
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | balast | balasty |
| genitive | balastu | balastů |
| dative | balastu | balastům |
| accusative | balast | balasty |
| vocative | balaste | balasty |
| locative | balastu, balastě | balastech |
| instrumental | balastem | balasty |
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Ballast, from Middle Low German ballast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈba.last/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alast
- Syllabification: ba‧last
Noun
balast m inan
- (nautical) ballast (a heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to provide stability)
- (figuratively, literary) dead weight (that which is useless or excess)
- Synonyms: garb, obciążenie
- (nautical) ballast tank
- (construction) ballast (a material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place)
- Synonym: podsypka
Declension
Declension of balast
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | balast | balasty |
| genitive | balastu | balastów |
| dative | balastowi | balastom |
| accusative | balast | balasty |
| instrumental | balastem | balastami |
| locative | balaście | balastach |
| vocative | balaście | balasty |
Derived terms
adjective
- balastowy
- bezbalastowy
verbs
- balastować
- odbalastować
- wybalastować
Further reading
- balast in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- balast in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French ballast.
Noun
balast n (plural balasturi)
- (nautical) ballast
Declension
Declension of balast
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) balast | balastul | (niște) balasturi | balasturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) balast | balastului | (unor) balasturi | balasturilor |
| vocative | balastule | balasturilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Ballast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎlast/
- Hyphenation: ba‧last
Noun
bàlast m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ласт)
- ballast
Declension
Declension of balast
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bàlast | balasti |
| genitive | balasta | bȁlāstā |
| dative | balastu | balastima |
| accusative | balast | balaste |
| vocative | balaste | balasti |
| locative | balastu | balastima |
| instrumental | balastom | balastima |
References
- “balast” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بالاست (balast), from French ballast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɐ.last/
Noun
balast (definite accusative balastı, plural balastlar)
- coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads
- (nautical) heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship to provide stability
References
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “balast”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “balast”, in Nişanyan Sözlük