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

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

Declension of βάλτος

Synonyms

• έλος n (élos)
• τέλμα n (télma)