азбест

Bulgarian

Etymology

From German Asbest or Russian асбе́ст (asbést), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “unquenchable, inextinguishable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -azbɛst
• Syllabification^(key): а‧збест
• Hyphenation^(key): аз‧бест

Noun

а́збест • (ázbest) m (relational adjective а́збестов)

1. (uncountable) asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)

Declension

Declension of а́збест

	singular
indefinite	а́збест ázbest
definite (subject form)	а́збестът ázbestăt
definite (object form)	а́збеста ázbesta

References

• “азбест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “азбест”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “а̀збест”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
• “азбест [azbest]”, in Български тълковен речник [Bălgarski tălkoven rečnik, Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), 4th edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, →ISBN, page 20

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈazbɛst]

Noun

азбест • (azbest) m (uncountable)

1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of азбест

	singular
indefinite	азбест (azbest)
definite unspecified	азбестот (azbestot)
definite proximal	азбестов (azbestov)
definite distal	азбестон (azbeston)
vocative	азбесту (azbestu)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎzbest/
• Hyphenation: аз‧бест

Noun

а̀збест m inan (Latin spelling àzbest)

1. (uncountable) asbestos

Declension

Declension of азбест

	singular
nominative	азбест
genitive	азбеста
dative	азбесту
accusative	азбест
vocative	азбесте
locative	азбесту
instrumental	азбестом

Further reading

• “азбест”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

азбест

Etymology

From Latin asbestos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐzˈbɛst]

Noun

азбе́ст • (azbést) m inan (genitive азбе́ста, nominative plural азбе́сти, genitive plural азбе́стів)

1. asbestos

Declension

Declension of азбе́ст
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	азбе́ст azbést	азбе́сти azbésty
genitive	азбе́ста azbésta	азбе́стів azbéstiv
dative	азбе́стові, азбе́сту azbéstovi, azbéstu	азбе́стам azbéstam
accusative	азбе́ст azbést	азбе́сти azbésty
instrumental	азбе́стом azbéstom	азбе́стами azbéstamy
locative	азбе́сті azbésti	азбе́стах azbéstax
vocative	азбе́сте azbéste	азбе́сти azbésty