baltă

See also balta, and baltā

Romanian

Etymology

It is generally agreed to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to gleam”), but there is disagreement whether the word is one of the earliest Romanian loans from Proto-Slavic *bolto, or whether it is a pre-Roman word. Compare Aromanian baltã. The Romanian word also has an Albanian cognate, baltë. Cf. also Serbian blato, Russian boloto.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbaltə]

Noun

baltă f (plural bălți)

1. puddle, pond, pool

Declension

declension of baltă

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o baltă	balta	niște bălți	bălțile
genitive/dative	unei bălți	bălții	unor bălți	bălților

Derived terms

• băltoacă