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
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βάλτος • βάλτοι •
genitive βάλτου • βάλτων •
accusative βάλτο • βάλτους •
vocative βάλτε • βάλτοι •

Synonyms
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