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)

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